The Tropidopolinae[1] are a subfamily of Acrididae in the Orthoptera: Caelifera. Species can be found in Africa, southern Europe and Asia.

Tropidopolinae
Tropidopola cylindrica
Chloroxyrrhepes virescens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Infraorder: Acrididea
Informal group: Acridomorpha
Superfamily: Acridoidea
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Tropidopolinae
Jacobson in Jacobson & Bianchi, 1905

Tribes and genera

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The Orthoptera Species File lists two tribes, with the following:[2]

Tristriini

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Authority: Mishchenko 1945

  1. Tristria Stål, 1873 – equatorial Africa and Asia (including Indo-China and Sulawesi)
  2. Tristriella Descamps & Wintrebert, 1967 - Madagascar

Tropidopolini

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Authority: Jacobson 1905

  1. Tropidopola Stål, 1873 – central – northern Africa, southern Europe; Asia: near East, India up to Siberia

tribe unassigned

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  1. Afroxyrrhepes Uvarov, 1943 – equatorial Africa
  2. Chloroxyrrhepes Uvarov, 1943 – west Africa
  3. Dabba (insect) Uvarov, 1933 - Iran
  4. Homoxyrrhepes Uvarov, 1926 - Africa
  5. Limnippa Uvarov, 1941 - monotypic: E. Africa
  6. Mesopsilla Ramme, 1929 - monotypic: Congo
  7. Musimoja Uvarov, 1953 - monotypic: Angola
  8. Neooxyrrhepes Khan & Usmani, 2019 - monotypic: Assam
  9. Petamella Giglio-Tos, 1907 - Africa
  10. Pseudotristria Dirsh, 1961 – southern Africa

References

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  1. ^ Jacobson & Bianchi (1902-1905) Orthoptera and Pseudoneuroptera of the Russian Empire. Priamokrylyia i lozhnostchatokrylyia Rossiiskoi imperii.
  2. ^ Orthoptera Species File (2 February 2018)
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