''Tripetaloceroides'' is a genus of Asian

groundhopper Tetrigidae is an ancient family in the order Orthoptera, which also includes similar families such as crickets, grasshoppers, and their allies. Species within the Tetrigidae are variously called groundhoppers, pygmy grasshoppers,Borror DJ, Trippl ...

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Orthoptera Orthoptera () is an order of insects that comprises the grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets, including closely related insects, such as the bush crickets or katydids and wētā. The order is subdivided into two suborders: Caelifera – gras ...

Caelifera The Caelifera are a suborder of orthopteran insects. They include the grasshoppers and grasshopper-like insects, as well as other superfamilies classified with them: the ground-hoppers ( Tetrigoidea) and pygmy mole crickets ( Tridactyloidea). ...

) in the subfamily Tripetalocerinae and tribe Tripetalocerini Bolívar, 1887.Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0 retrieved 17 September 2019)
/ref> The genus was erected in 2013 by S.Y. StorozhenkoStorozhenko SY (2013) ''Zootaxa'' 3718(2): 161. and is considered

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unisp ...

with the species ''Tripetaloceroides tonkinensis'' (originally as '' Tripetalocera tonkinensis'' Günther K, 1938); to date it has been found in Vietnam and southern China.

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* {{taxonbar, from1=Q67714869, from2=Q10704424 Tetrigidae Caelifera genera Orthoptera of Indo-China Monotypic Orthoptera genera