The Egnatiinae are a subfamily of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae, found in central and South America, and based on the monotypic type genus Egnatius and erected by Bey-Bienko in 1951.[1] Species have been recorded from parts of Africa, the Middle East and Asia, including Russia and China (but distribution may be incomplete).[2]

Egnatiinae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Egnatiinae
Bey-Bienko, 1951

Tribe and genera

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The Orthoptera Species File includes:[2]

tribe Egnatiini Bey-Bienko, 1951
  1. Bienkonia Dirsh, 1970
  2. Charora Saussure, 1888
  3. Egnatiella Bolívar, 1914
  4. Egnatioides Vosseler, 1902
  5. Egnatius Stål, 1876
  6. Ferganacris Sergeev & Bugrov, 1988
  7. Paracharora Fishelson, 1993
  8. Paregnatius Uvarov, 1933
Unassigned to tribe
  1. Leptoscirtus Saussure, 1888

References

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  1. ^ Bey-Bienko G (1951) In: Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko. Keys to the Fauna of the U.S.S.R. [1963 English translation no. 38]. Locusts and Grasshoppers of the U.S.S.R. and Adjacent Countries 1: 364 [391].
  2. ^ a b Orthoptera Species File: subfamily Egnatiinae Bey-Bienko, 1951 (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 2 September 2022)
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