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family Lentulidae Dirsh, 1956

• Distribution:
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• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial. Herbivorous.
• Citations (17):
  • Dirsh. 1956. Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. London 108(7):244
  • Dirsh. 1961. Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent. 10(9):386  
  • Brown, H.D. 1962. J. Entomol. Soc. S. Afr. 25(2):203  
  • Uvarov. 1966. Grasshoppers and Locusts. A Handbook of General Acridology 1:404 >> Note: Acridoidea: Lentulidae
  • Johnston, H.B. 1968. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers Suppl:128
  • Jago. 1981. Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent. 43(1):1-38  
  • Johnsen. 1982. Acridoidea of Zambia 2:95 >> Note: key to genera
  • Kevan, D.K.M. 1982. In Parker [Ed.]. Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms 2:374
  • Otte, D. 1995. Orthoptera Species File 4:1 >> Note: Acridoidea: Lentulidae
  • Brown, H.D. 2012. Annals of the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History 2:58 >> Note: key to genera
  • Brown, H.D. 2013. Annals of the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History 3:78 >> Note: key to genera
  • Brown, H.D. 2014. Annals of the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History 4(4):49 >> Note: key to genera
  • Rowell, C. Hugh Fraser, C. Hemp & Harvey. 2015. Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 1. Pneumoridae, Pyrgomorphidae, Lentulidae, Pamphagidae and Dericorythidae 165 >> Note: key to genera
  • Matenaar, Bröder & Hochkirch. 2016. Hereditas 153(1):1-8   >> Note: subdivision into two subfamilies needs revision
  • Song, H. 2018. Insect Biodiversity: Science and Society, Volume 2 269
  • Hemp, C., C. Scherer, Brandl & Pinkert. 2020. J. Biogeogr.  
  • Otte, D. 2020. Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 146(1):1-164
• Type genus:  Lentula Stål, 1878; priority for family-group names based on Lentula dates from Lentulidae Dirsh, 1956.  First use as Lentulidae by Dirsh, 1956.

• subfamily Lentulinae Dirsh, 1956
• synonym Eremidii Johnston, 1956
• genus Altiusambilla Jago, 1981
• genus Bacteracris Dirsh, 1956
• genus Basutacris Dirsh, 1953
• genus Betiscoides Sjöstedt, 1923
• genus Chromousambilla Jago, 1981
• genus Devylderia Sjöstedt, 1923
• genus Eremidium Karsch, 1896
• genus Gymnidium Karsch, 1896
• genus Helwigacris Rehn, 1944
• genus Karruia Rehn, 1945
• genus Lentula Stål, 1878
• genus Limpopoacris Brown, 2011
• genus Malawia Dirsh, 1968
• genus Mecostiboides Dirsh, 1957
• genus Mecostibus Karsch, 1896
• genus Microusambilla Jago, 1981
• genus Nyassacris Ramme, 1929
• genus Paralentula Rehn, 1944
• genus Qachasia Dirsh, 1956
• genus Rhainopomma Jago, 1981
• genus Swaziacris Dirsh, 1953
• genus Usambilla Sjöstedt, 1910
• subfamily Shelforditinae Dirsh, 1975
• genus Afrotettix Brown, 1970
• genus Atopotettix Brown, 1970
• genus Calviniacris Dirsh, 1956
• genus Dirshidium Brown, 1970
• genus Kalaharicus Brown, 1961
• genus Karruacris Dirsh, 1958
• genus Leatettix Dirsh, 1956
• genus Occidentula Brown, 1967
• genus Shelfordites Karny, 1910
• genus Uvarovidium Dirsh, 1956
• genus Armstrongium Brown, 2014
• species carolinae Otte & Armstrong, 2017
• species dlinza Otte & Armstrong, 2017
• species pondoense Brown, 2014
• species viridipes Brown, 2014
• genus Tanquata Otte, 2014
• species dabadum Otte, 2014
• species kaiba Otte, 2014
• genus Tsautettix Otte, 2014
• species adriani Otte, 2020
• species cheya Otte, 2014
• species daba Otte, 2014
• species gareba Otte, 2014
• species gariesa Otte, 2014
• species goregu Otte, 2014
• species komaggas Otte, 2014
• species kuboosi Otte, 2014
• species namaquensis (Dirsh, 1956)
• species numee Otte, 2014
• species sau Otte, 2014
• species tsesa Otte, 2014
• genus Zulutettix Otte & Armstrong, 2017
• species entumeni Otte & Armstrong, 2017
• species hluhluwe Otte & Armstrong, 2017
• species tarranti Otte & Armstrong, 2017
• species unicornis Otte & Armstrong, 2017

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