Tylotropidiopsis
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''Tylotropidiopsis'' is a
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 ...
genus of
grasshopper 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 ...
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 ...
, containing the species ''Tylotropidiopsis abrepta'', which is
endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...
to Vietnam. The ''Orthoptera Species File'' does not include this genus in any subfamily, although some authoritiesKim T-W, Hong Thai Pham (2014) Checklist of Vietnamese Orthoptera (Saltatoria) ''Zootaxa'' 3811(1): 56. place it in the
Eyprepocnemidinae The Eyprepocnemidinae are a subfamily of Acrididae (originally described by Brunner von Wattenwyl under the synonym: Euprepocnemes) in the Orthoptera: Caelifera. Species can be found in Africa, mainland Europe and Asia. Genera The ''Orthoptera ...
.


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{{Taxonbar, from=Q14509496, from2=Q10707103 Acrididae genera Monotypic Orthoptera genera Orthoptera of Vietnam Endemic fauna of Vietnam