Article · Wikipedia archive · Last revised Jul 26, 2026

Proscopiinae

Proscopiinae is a subfamily of grasshoppers in the family Proscopiidae. There are more than 20 genera and 190 described species, found in South America.

Last revised
Jul 26, 2026
Read time
≈ 1 min
Length
266 w
Citations
4
Source
Proscopiinae
Proscopia sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Proscopiidae
Subfamily: Proscopiinae
Serville, 1838
Tribes
  • Proscopiini Serville, 1838
  • Tetanorhynchini Bentos-Pereira, 2003

Proscopiinae1 is a subfamily of grasshoppers in the family Proscopiidae. There are more than 20 genera and 190 described species,2 found in South America.3

Tribes and genera

Two tribes have been identified, with the following genera assigned to the subfamily Proscopiinae:3

Proscopiini

Pseudoproscopia scabra source ↗
  1. Albascopia Cadena-Castañeda & Cardona, 2015
  2. Apioscelis Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1890
  3. Carbonellis Bentos-Pereira, 2006
  4. Milenascopia Queiroz & Rafael, 2019
  5. Paraproscopia Bentos-Pereira, 2006
  6. Prosarthria Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1890
  7. Proscopia Klug, 1820
  8. Pseudoproscopia Bentos-Pereira, 2006
  9. Rowellscopia Cadena-Castañeda, 2025

Tetanorhynchini

Tetanorhynchus punctatus source ↗
  • Cephalocoema Serville, 1838
  • Mariascopia Bentos-Pereira, 2003
  • Orienscopia Bentos-Pereira, 2000
  • Pseudastroma Jago, 1990
  • Scleratoscopia Jago, 1990
  • Tetanorhynchus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1890
  • Wattenwylscopia Cadena-Castañeda & Cardona, 2015

Tribe not determined

Stiphra sp., giant jumping stick source ↗
References

References

  1. Serville JGA (1838)[1839] Histoire naturelle des insectes. Orthoptères 565, 570.
  2. "Proscopiinae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
  3. Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2022). "subfamily Proscopiinae Serville, 1838". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
Further reading

Further reading

  • Otte, Daniel (1997). Poole, Robert W.; Gentili, Patricia (eds.). Orthoptera. Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America. Vol. 4: Non–Holometabolous Orders. Entomological Information Services. pp. 581–634. ISBN 978-1-889002-04-0.