Oedipodinae
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Bandwings
Blue Sand Grasshopper (Sphingonotus caerulans) of the Sphingonotini
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Orthoptera Suborder: Caelifera Superfamily: Acridoidea Family: Acrididae Subfamily: Oedipodinae Walker, 1871
Tribes
14, and see text
Synonyms
Locustidae Kirby, 1825 Locustinae Kirby, 1825 Oedipodidae Walker, 1871

Bandwings, or band-winged grasshoppers (subfamily Oedipodinae) is a group of insects classified under the family Acrididae. They are sometimes elevated to full family status as Oedipodidae. They inhabit primarily xeric weedy fields.

These species are colorful, usually with hindwings that are yellow or red and edged with black. Others have black hindwings with pale edges, and a few species (including the most economically important ones) have clear hindwings. The arolium is extremely small or absent.

Tribes and selected genera

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• Acrotylini
  • Acrotylus
• Aiolopini
  • Aiolopus
  • Epacromius
  • Paracinema
• Anconiini
  • Anconia
• Arphiini
  • Arphia
  • Lactista
• Bryodemini
  • Angaracris
  • Bryodema
  • Bryodemella
  • Circotettix
• Chortophagini
  • Chortophaga
  • Encoptolophus
• Hippiscini
  • Camnula
  • Leprus
  • Xanthippus
• Locustini
  • Brunnerella
  • Gastrimargus (sometimes placed in Acridinae)
  • Locusta^{verification needed}
  • Oedaleus
  • Psophus
  • Pyrgodera
  • Scintharista
• Macherocerini
• Oedipodini
  • Celes
  • Mioscirtus
  • Oedipoda
• Psinidiini
  • Derotmema
  • Mestobregma
  • Metator
  • Trachyrhachys
  • Trepidulus
• Sphingonotini
  • Conozoa
  • Dissosteira
  • Heliopteryx
  • Pseudoceles
  • Sphingonotus
  • Trimerotropis
• Trilophidiini
• Tropidolophini
  • Tropidolophus
• incertae sedis
  • Asphingoderus
  • Chortoicetes
  • Leptopternis
  • Morphacris
  • Parapleurus^{verification needed}
  • Platylactista^{verification needed}
  • Rehnita^{verification needed}
  • Wernerella

The genera Cibolacris and Stethophyma are also sometimes placed herein; the former is more often assigned to the Gomphocerinae, the latter in the Acridinae.

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