''Oxyrrhepes'' is a genus of

grasshoppers Grasshoppers are a group of insects belonging to the suborder Caelifera. They are amongst what are possibly the most ancient living groups of chewing herbivorous insects, dating back to the early Triassic around 250 million years ago. Grassh ...

in the family

Acrididae Acrididae are the predominant family of grasshoppers, comprising some 10,000 of the 11,000 species of the entire suborder Caelifera. The Acrididae are best known because all locusts (swarming grasshoppers) are of the Acrididae. The subfamily Oedi ...

and subfamily

Catantopinae The subfamily Catantopinae is a group of insects classified under family (biology), family Acrididae. Genera such as ''Macrotona'' may sometimes called "spur-throated grasshoppers", but that name is also used for grasshoppers from other subfamili ...

; it is the only genus placed in tribe Oxyrrhepini Tinkham, 1940. The recorded distribution of species includes: Sri Lanka, China, Indo-China and Malesia.Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 24 November 2018)
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Species

The ''Orthoptera Species File'' lists: #'' Oxyrrhepes cantonensis'' Tinkham, 1940 - China #'' Oxyrrhepes meyeri'' Willemse, 1936 - Sulawesi #'' Oxyrrhepes obtusa'' Haan, 1842 - type species (as ''Opsomala lineatitarsis'' Stål) - China, Vietnam, Sri Lanka,

Malesia Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the Equator and the boundaries of the Indomalayan and Australasian realms. It is a phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical kingdom. It was first recognized as a distinct region ...

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''Oxyrrhepes obtusa'' by Tyus Ma * {{Taxonbar, from=Q10614346, from2=Q21218342 Acrididae genera Catantopinae Orthoptera of Indo-China