Lentulidae

Lentulidae
Unknown Lentula species
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Superfamily: Acridoidea
Family: Lentulidae
Dirsh, 1956

The Lentulidae are a family of flightless grasshoppers found in sub-Saharan Africa and now includes genera previously placed in the Lithidiidae.

Subfamilies and Genera

The Orthoptera Species File includes:

Lentulinae

Auth. Dirsh, 1956

Shelforditinae

Auth. Ritchie, 1982

  1. Afrotettix Brown, 1970
  2. Atopotettix Brown, 1970
  3. Calviniacris Dirsh, 1956 (synonyms Dirshidium Brown, 1970 Uvarovidium Dirsh, 1956)
  4. Leatettix Dirsh, 1956
  5. Shelfordites Karny, 1910 (synonyms Kalaharicus Brown, 1961, Karruacris Dirsh, 1958, Occidentula Brown, 1967)

Subfamily unplaced

  1. Eneremius Saussure, 1888 - includes obsolete genus Lithidium Uvarov, 1925
  2. Laurelitettix Otte, Cowper & Armstrong, 2023
  3. Lithidiopsis Dirsh, 1956
  4. Malentula Otte, Cowper & Armstrong, 2023
  5. Ruffinia Otte, Cowper & Armstrong, 2023
  6. Tanquata Otte, 2014
  7. Tsautettix Otte, 2014
  8. Zulutettix Otte & Armstrong, 2017

References

  1. ↑ Dirsh (1956) The phallic complex in Acridoidea (Orthoptera) in relation to taxonomy. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, vol. 108, 223-356.
  2. 1 2 Orthoptera Species File: family Lentulidae Dirsh, 1956 (retrieved 4 April 2026)