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Lentulidae

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Lentulidae
Unknown Lentula species
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Superfamily: Acridoidea
Family: Lentulidae
Dirsh, 1956

The Lentulidae[1] are a family of flightless grasshoppers found in sub-Saharan Africa.[2]

Subfamilies and Genera

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The Orthoptera Species File includes:[2]

Lentulinae

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Auth. Dirsh, 1956

Shelforditinae

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Auth. Ritchie, 1982

Subfamily unplaced

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References

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  1. ^ Dirsh (1956) The phallic complex in Acridoidea (Orthoptera) in relation to taxonomy. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, vol. 108, 223-356.
  2. ^ a b Cigliano, M. M.; Braun, H.; Eades, D. C.; Otte, D. "family Lentulidae Dirsh, 1956". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Orthoptera Species File. Retrieved 2 January 2019.