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family Episactidae Burr, 1899

• Distribution:
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• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial. Herbivorous
• Citations (5):
  • Descamps. 1973. Acrida 2:200 >> Note: Eumasticoidea: Episactidae
  • Kevan, D.K.M. 1982. In Parker [Ed.]. Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms 2:368 >> Note: Episactidae
  • Otte, D. 1994. Orthoptera Species File 2:22 >> Note: Eumastacidae: Episactinae
  • Rowell, C. Hugh Fraser & Perez-Gelabert. 2006. Jour. Orth. Res. 15(2):191-240   >> Note: Eumastacoidea: Episactidae
  • Rowell, C. Hugh Fraser. 2013. The Grasshoppers (Caelifera) of Costa Rica and Panama 42
• Type genus:  Episactus Burr, 1899; priority for family-group names based on Episactus dates from Episacti Burr, 1899.  First use as Episactidae by Descamps, 1973.

• subfamily Episactinae Burr, 1899
• synonym Epeisactinae
• synonym Episacti Burr, 1899
• synonym Episactini Burr, 1899
• genus Episactus Burr, 1899
• genus Gymnotettix Bruner, 1901
• genus Lethus Rehn & Rehn, 1934
• genus Paralethus Rowell & Perez-Gelabert, 2006
• genus Pielomastax Chang, 1937
• subfamily Espagnolinae Rehn & Rehn, 1939
• synonym Espagnolae Rehn & Rehn, 1939
• synonym Espagnolini Rehn & Rehn, 1939
• genus Antillacris Rehn & Rehn, 1939
• genus Espagnola Rehn & Rehn, 1939
• genus Espagnoleta Perez-Gelabert, 2000
• genus Espagnolopsis Perez-Gelabert, Hierro & Otte, 1997
• genus Neibamastax Rowell & Perez-Gelabert, 2006
• genus †Paleomastacris Perez-Gelabert, Hierro, Dominici & Otte, 1997
• genus Tainacris Perez-Gelabert, Hierro, Dominici & Otte, 1997
• subfamily Miraculinae Bolívar, 1903
• synonym Miraculidae Bolívar, 1903
• tribe Heteromastacini Descamps, 1965
• tribe Malagassini Rehn & Rehn, 1945
• tribe Miraculini Bolívar, 1903
• subfamily Teicophryinae Rehn & Rehn, 1939
• synonym Teicophryes Rehn & Rehn, 1939
• synonym Teicophryini Rehn & Rehn, 1939
• genus Teicophrys Bruner, 1901

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