Episactidae

Episactidae is a family of grasshoppers in the order Orthoptera. There are about 19 genera and more than 60 described species in Episactidae, found in Central and South America, China, and Madagascar.[1][2][3]

Episactidae
Monkey hopper, Costa Rica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Superfamily: Eumastacoidea
Family: Episactidae
Burr, 1899

Genera

These 19 genera belong to the family Episactidae:

  • Acronomastax Descamps, 1965
  • Antillacris Rehn & Rehn, 1939
  • Episactus Burr, 1899
  • Espagnola Rehn & Rehn, 1939
  • Espagnoleta Perez-Gelabert, 2000
  • Espagnolopsis Perez-Gelabert, Hierro & Otte, 1997
  • Gymnotettix Bruner, 1901
  • Heteromastax Descamps, 1965
  • Lethus Rehn & Rehn, 1934
  • Malagassa Saussure, 1903
  • Neibamastax Rowell & Perez-Gelabert, 2006
  • Paralethus Rowell & Perez-Gelabert, 2006
  • Pielomastax Chang, 1937
  • Rhabdomastax Descamps, 1969
  • Seyrigella Chopard, 1951
  • Tainacris Perez-Gelabert, Hierro, Dominici & Otte, 1997
  • Teicophrys Bruner, 1901
  • † Miraculum Bolívar, 1903
  • † Paleomastacris Perez-Gelabert, Hierro, Dominici & Otte, 1997

References
  1. "Episactidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-04-16.
  2. "Episactidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-04-16.
  3. Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2018). "Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0". Retrieved 2019-04-16.

Further reading
  • Capinera, J.L; Scott, R.D.; Walker, T.J. (2004). Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-8948-8.
  • Otte, Daniel (1997). Poole, Robert W.; Gentili, Patricia (eds.). Orthoptera. Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America. 4: Non–Holometabolous Orders. Entomological Information Services. pp. 581–634. ISBN 1-889002-04-6.


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