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subfamily Bactrophorinae Amédégnato, 1974

• Distribution:
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• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial. Tropical wet forest environments. Herbivorous.
• Citations (9):
  • Descamps. 1978. Bulletin Mus. natn. Hist. nat. Paris (Zool. 3e ser) 517 (Zool. 355):372  
  • Amédégnato & Descamps. 1982. Acta Amaz. 12(1):155-165  
  • Riede. 1987. Ethology 76:286  
  • Otte, D. 1995. Orthoptera Species File 4:20 >> Note: Romaleidae: Bactrophorinae
  • Eades. 2000. Jour. Orth. Res. 9:204
  • Cardona. 2012. Grasshoppers of Northwest South America. A Photo Guide. Volume 1 - The Western Fauna 22-33
  • Rowell, C. Hugh Fraser. 2012. Jour. Orth. Res. 21(2):281–300  
  • Rowell, C. Hugh Fraser. 2013. The Grasshoppers (Caelifera) of Costa Rica and Panama 117 >> Note: diagnosis
  • Cadena-Castañeda & Cardona. 2015. Introducción a los Saltamontes de Colombia (Orthoptera: Caelifera: Acrididea: Acridomorpha, Tetrigoidea & Tridactyloidea) 145-195 >> Note: key to tribes
• Type genus:  Bactrophora Westwood, 1842; priority for family-group names based on Bactrophora dates from Bactrophorini Amédégnato, 1974

• tribe Bactrophorini Amédégnato, 1974
• genus group Cristobalina Amédégnato, Poulain & Rowell, 2012
• genus group Mezentiae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
• genus group Rhicnoderma Amédégnato, Poulain & Rowell, 2012
• genus Bactrophora Westwood, 1842
• genus Bora Amédégnato & Descamps, 1979
• genus Hyleacris Amédégnato & Descamps, 1979
• genus Silacris Amédégnato & Descamps, 1979
• tribe Ophthalmolampini Descamps, 1977
• synonym Ophthalmolampinae Descamps, 1977
• subtribe Helicopacrina Descamps, 1978
• subtribe Lagarolampina Descamps, 1978
• subtribe Nautiina Descamps, 1978
• subtribe Ophthalmolampina Descamps, 1977
• tribe Taeniophorini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
• synonym Taeniophorae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
• synonym Thaumastaces Burr, 1899
• synonym Thaumastacinae Burr, 1899
• genus Hylephilacris Descamps, 1978
• genus Megacephalacris Descamps & Amédégnato, 1971
• genus Megacheilacris Descamps, 1978
• genus Poulainiella Cadena-Castañeda & Cardona, 2015
• genus Taeniophora Stål, 1873
• genus Taeniophorella Cadena-Castañeda & Cardona, 2015

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