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Lithidiidae

The Lithidiidae was a family of grasshoppers,, originally described by Vitaly Dirsh; species are found in Africa and now mostly placed in the Lentulidae.

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Lithidiidae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Superfamily: Acridoidea
Family: Lithidiidae
Dirsh, 19611

The Lithidiidae was a family of grasshoppers, (suborder Caelifera), originally described by Vitaly Dirsh;2 species are found in Africa and now mostly placed in the Lentulidae.3

Genera

The Orthoptera Species File3 now places genera as follows:

  • Eneremius Saussure, 1888 - Lentulidae incertae sedis: synonym Lithidium Uvarov, 1925
  • Lithidiopsis Dirsh, 1956 - Lentulidae incertae sedis
  • Microtmethis Karny, 1910 (monotypic) - Acridoidea incertae sedis
References

References

  1. Dirsh, 1961 : A preliminary revision of the families and subfamilies of Acridoidea (Orthoptera, Insecta). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, vol. 10, 351-419.
  2. Orthoptera Species File (31 March 2010)
  3. Orthoptera Species File: family Lentulidae Dirsh, 1956 (retrieved 4 April 2026)
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