Metrodorinae

Metrodorinae is a subfamily of groundhoppers or pygmy grasshoppers. There are more than 590 described species, found in South America, Africa and Asia. In a 2025 revision, new tribes were erected and a number of genera were placed in the subfamily Guntheritettiginae.

Genera

The Orthoptera Species File currently (July 2025) lists nine tribes:

Amorphopini

distribution: S. America

1. Amorphopus
2. Eomorphopus

Cleostratini

Authority: Bolívar, 1887; distribution: mostly SE Asia, W Africa, Madagascar

1. Cleostratus - Philippines
2. Dravidacris - S. India
3. Procytettix - Madagascar
4. Pseudomitraria - W. Africa
5. Rhynchotettix - Madagascar

Clinophaestini

Authority: Storozhenko, 2013; distribution: western Indochina, Pacific islands

1. Birmana
2. Clinophaestus
3. Thyrsus - monotypic Thyrsus tiaratus

Garciaitettigini

1. Chiriquia
2. Devrieseium
3. Garciaitettix
4. Stalitettix
5. Trigonofemora

Metopomystrini

1. Metopomystrum - S. America

Metrodorini

Authority: Bolívar, 1887; distribution South America;<br/> Note: two tribes previously in the Cladonotinae, Miriatrini and Mucrotettigini , are now placed here as subtribes together with the Metrodorina .

1. Antillotettix
2. Armasius
3. †Baeotettix
4. Bahorucotettix
5. Cota
6. Cubanotettix
7. Cubonotus
8. †Electrotettix
9. Haitianotettix
10. Hancockiella
11. Hottettix
12. Metrodora
13. Miriatra
14. Mucrotettix
15. Sierratettix
16. Tiburonotus
17. Truncotettix

Ophiotettigini

Authority: Tumbrinck & Skejo, 2017; distribution: SE Asia

1. Halmahera - Maluku Islands
2. Ophiotettix
3. Paraspartolus - Philippines
4. Rhopalotettix
5. Spartolus (synonym Threciscus ) - Philippines
6. Uvarovithyrsus - Solomon Islands

Otumbini

Authority: Cadena-Castañeda, 2025; distribution: South America

1. Bruneritettix
2. Otumba
3. Platythorus
4. Plesiotettix

Pterotettigini

Authority: Cadena-Castañeda, 2025; distribution: Madagascar

1. Oxytettix
2. Pterotettix
3. Tetticerus

Tribe Unassigned

1. Amphinotus
2. Arexion
3. Austrohyboella
4. Bermania
5. Bullaetettix
6. Calyptraeus
7. Camelotettix
8. Centrosotettix
9. Cingalina
10. Cingalotettix
11. Cleostratoides
12. Concavetettix
13. Edentatettix
14. Gorochovitettix
15. Guentheracris
16. Hirrius
17. Isandrus
18. Macromotettix
19. Macromotettixoides
20. Mazarredia
21. Melainotettix
22. Mixohyboella
23. Moluccasia
24. Orthotettix
25. Orthotettixoides
26. Paraguelus
27. Paraphyllum
28. Peronotettix
29. Storozhenkoium
30. Timoritettix
31. Xistrellula

References

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