Euryphyminae

The Euryphyminae are a subfamily of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae, based on the type genus Euryphymus and may be called "agile grasshoppers"; it was erected by Vitaly Michailovitsh Dirsh in 1956. Species have been recorded from parts of sub-Saharan Africa including Madagascar (but the distribution may be incomplete).

Genera

A key to genera is given by Hemp & Rowell. The Orthoptera Species File includes:

1. Acoryphella <small>Giglio-Tos, 1907</small>
2. Acrophymus <small>Uvarov, 1922</small>
3. Amblyphymus <small>Uvarov, 1922</small>
4. Anabibia <small>Dirsh, 1956</small>
5. Aneuryphymus <small>Uvarov, 1922</small>
6. Brachyphymus <small>Uvarov, 1922</small>
7. Calliptamicus <small>Uvarov, 1922</small>
8. Calliptamuloides <small>Dirsh, 1956</small>
9. Calliptamulus <small>Uvarov, 1922</small>
10. Catantopoides <small>Johnsen, 1990</small>
11. Euryphymus <small>Stål, 1873</small>
12. Kevanacris <small>Dirsh, 1961</small>
13. Pachyphymus <small>Uvarov, 1922</small>
14. Phymeurus <small>Giglio-Tos, 1907</small>
15. Platacanthoides <small>Kirby, 1910</small>
16. Plegmapteroides <small>Dirsh, 1959</small>
17. Plegmapteropsis <small>Dirsh, 1956</small>
18. Plegmapterus <small>Martínez y Fernández-Castillo, 1898</small>
19. Rhachitopis <small>Uvarov, 1922</small>
20. Rhachitopoides <small>Naskrecki, 1995</small>
21. Rhodesiana (grasshopper) <small>Dirsh, 1959</small>
22. Somaliacris <small>Dirsh, 1959</small>
23. Surudia <small>Uvarov, 1930</small>

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