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''Tropidolophus'' is a genus of 
band-winged grasshopper
Bandwings, or band-winged grasshoppers, are the subfamily Oedipodinae of grasshoppers classified under the family Acrididae. They have a worldwide distribution and were originally elevated to full family status as the Oedipodidae. Many species p ...
s 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 ...
. ''Tropidolophus'' is 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 single species ''T. formosus'', the great crested grasshopper, from North America.
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* Oedipodinae Acrididae genera Monotypic Orthoptera genera Articles created by Qbugbot {{oedipodinae-stub