Chorotypidae is a family of tropical Asian grasshoppers (order Orthoptera), formerly included within the family Eumastacidae. These grasshoppers have a head that rises above the level of the thorax and short antennae. Some species have reduced wings, others have wings that widen towards the tips and still others have a flattened leaf-like shape. They lack abdominal tympani (hearing organs).[1]

Chorotypidae
Chorotypus sp.
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Infraorder: Acrididea
Informal group: Acridomorpha
Superfamily: Eumastacoidea
Family: Chorotypidae
Stål, 1873
Subfamilies

Subfamilies and genera

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The Orthoptera Species File lists the following:[2]

Chininae

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Chininae Burr 1899 - China, Indo-China

Chorotypinae

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Auth. Stål 1873 - Asia, Southeast Asia, Central Africa

 
Phyllochoreia (India)

Erianthinae

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Auth. Karsch 1889 - Southeast Asia, South Asia

 
Erianthus sp.

Eruciinae

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Auth. Burr 1899 - Southeast Asia

 
Erucius sp.

Mnesicleinae

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Auth. Descamps 1973 - Indo-Malayan Archipelago

Prionacanthinae

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Auth. Descamps 1973 - India

References

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  1. ^ S. Matt; P. K. Flook; C. H. F. Rowell (2008). "A Partial Molecular Phylogeny of the Eumastacoidea s. lat. (Orthoptera, Caelifera)" (PDF). Journal of Orthoptera Research. 17 (1): 43–55. doi:10.1665/1082-6467(2008)17[43:apmpot]2.0.co;2.
  2. ^ Orthoptera Species File (31 March 2010)
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