Episactidae

Episactidae is a family of grasshoppers in the order Orthoptera. There are about 19 genera and more than 60 described species in Episactidae, found in Central and South America, China, and Madagascar.[1][2][3]

Episactidae
Monkey hopper, Costa Rica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Caelifera
Superfamily:	Eumastacoidea
Family:	Episactidae Burr, 1899

Genera

These 19 genera belong to the family Episactidae:

• Acronomastax Descamps, 1965
• Antillacris Rehn & Rehn, 1939
• Episactus Burr, 1899
• Espagnola Rehn & Rehn, 1939
• Espagnoleta Perez-Gelabert, 2000
• Espagnolopsis Perez-Gelabert, Hierro & Otte, 1997
• Gymnotettix Bruner, 1901
• Heteromastax Descamps, 1965
• Lethus Rehn & Rehn, 1934
• Malagassa Saussure, 1903
• Neibamastax Rowell & Perez-Gelabert, 2006
• Paralethus Rowell & Perez-Gelabert, 2006
• Pielomastax Chang, 1937
• Rhabdomastax Descamps, 1969
• Seyrigella Chopard, 1951
• Tainacris Perez-Gelabert, Hierro, Dominici & Otte, 1997
• Teicophrys Bruner, 1901
• † Miraculum Bolívar, 1903
• † Paleomastacris Perez-Gelabert, Hierro, Dominici & Otte, 1997

References

1. "Episactidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-04-16.
2. "Episactidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-04-16.
3. Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2018). "Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0". Retrieved 2019-04-16.

Further reading

• Capinera, J.L; Scott, R.D.; Walker, T.J. (2004). Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-8948-8.
• Otte, Daniel (1997). Poole, Robert W.; Gentili, Patricia (eds.). Orthoptera. Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America. 4: Non–Holometabolous Orders. Entomological Information Services. pp. 581–634. ISBN 1-889002-04-6.