Melanoplinae

Melanoplinae
Melanoplinae
Adult male of Parapodisma tanzawaensis from the Podismini
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Superfamily: Acridoidea
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Melanoplinae
Scudder, 1897
Tribes

7, and see text

The Melanoplinae are a subfamily of grasshoppers, from the family Acrididae. The type genus Melanoplus from the tribe Melanoplini contains many species common in North America. Though other genera are usually less well-known, the subfamily is widespread, occurring for example almost anywhere in the Holarctic.

Tribes and selected genera

  • Conalcaeini
  • Dactylotini
  • Dichroplini
  • Jivarini
  • Melanoplini
  • Podismini (sometimes in Catantopinae)
    • Chortopodisma
    • Cophopodisma
    • Epipodisma
    • Italopodisma
    • Micropodisma
    • Miramella
    • Odontopodisma
    • Oropodisma
    • Parapodisma
    • Peripodisma
    • Podisma
    • Pseudopodisma
    • Pseudoprumna
    • Zubovskya
  • Prumnini
  • incertae sedis
    • Agnostokasia
    • Aidemona
    • Akamasacris
    • Apacris
    • Karokia
    • Neopedies
    • Nisquallia
    • Parascopas
    • Pedies
    • Propedies
    • Pseudoscopas
    • Psilotettix
    • Radacris
    • Rhabdotettix
    • Tijucella


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