Pyrgomorphidae | |
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Mountain grasshopper Monistria sp. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Caelifera |
Superfamily: |
Pyrgomorphoidea Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874 |
Family: |
Pyrgomorphidae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874 |
Pyrgomorphidae is a family of grasshoppers in the order Orthoptera commonly known as the gaudy grasshoppers. It is the only family in the superfamily Pyrgomorphoidea, and contains 29 genera and at least 70 species and subspecies.
Incomplete list of sub-families, tribes, genera and species: