Proscopiinae

Proscopiinae
Proscopia sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Proscopiidae
Subfamily: Proscopiinae
Serville, 1838
Tribes

Proscopiinae is a subfamily of grasshoppers in the family Proscopiidae. There are more than 20 genera and 190 described species, found in South America.

Tribes and genera

Two tribes have been identified, with the following genera assigned to the subfamily Proscopiinae:

Proscopiini

Pseudoproscopia scabra
  1. Albascopia Cadena-Castañeda & Cardona, 2015
  2. Apioscelis Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1890
  3. Carbonellis Bentos-Pereira, 2006
  4. Milenascopia Queiroz & Rafael, 2019
  5. Paraproscopia Bentos-Pereira, 2006
  6. Prosarthria Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1890
  7. Proscopia Klug, 1820
  8. Pseudoproscopia Bentos-Pereira, 2006
  9. Rowellscopia Cadena-Castañeda, 2025

Tetanorhynchini

Tetanorhynchus punctatus

Tribe not determined

Stiphra sp., giant jumping stick

References

  1. ↑ Serville JGA (1838)[1839] Histoire naturelle des insectes. Orthoptères 565, 570.
  2. ↑ "Proscopiinae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
  3. 1 2 Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2022). "subfamily Proscopiinae Serville, 1838". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2022-12-19.

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