Episactidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Ordo: Orthoptera
Subordo: Caelifera
Infraordo: Acrididea
Superfamilia: Eumastacoidea
Familia:Episactidae
Subfamiliae: Episactinae - Espagnolinae - Miraculinae - Teicophryinae

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]
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

"Episactidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-04-16.
"Episactidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-04-16.

Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2018). "Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0". Retrieved 2019-04-16.