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Oxyinae

Oxyinae
Oxya hyla (female) in the Lama Forest of Benin
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Subfamily:	Oxyinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893[1]
Tribes
Oxyini Praxibulini

Oxyinae is subfamily of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. Species are distributed throughout Africa (including Madagascar) and Australasia.

According to the Orthoptera Species File there are two clearly defined tribes, Oxyini and Praxibulini, and other genera of uncertain affiliation:^[2]

Auth. Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893; selected genera:

• Gesonula Uvarov, 1940
• Lucretilis Stål, 1878
• Oxya Serville, 1831
• Oxyina Hollis, 1975
• Pseudoxya Yin & Liu, 1987
• Quilta Stål, 1861
• Thanmoia Ramme, 1941

Auth. Rehn, 1957 – Australia

1. Kosciuscola Sjöstedt, 1934
2. Methiola Sjöstedt, 1920
3. Methiolopsis Rehn, 1957
4. Praxibulus Bolívar, 1906

As of March 2024:^[2]

1. Badistica Karsch, 1891 – Africa
2. Boninoxya Ishikawa, 2011 – Japan
3. Caryandoides Zheng & Xie, 2007
4. Chitaura Bolívar, 1918 – India, southeast Asia to Papua New Guinea
5. Cylindrotiltus Ramme, 1929 – Africa
6. Digentia Stål, 1878 – Africa
7. Dirshia Brown, 1962 – southern Africa
8. Fer Bolívar, 1918 - China, Indochina
9. Gerista Bolívar, 1905 – Africa
10. Hilloxya Kumar & Chandra, 2019
11. Hygracris Uvarov, 1921 – India
12. Longchuanacris Zheng & Fu, 1989
13. Ochlandriphaga Henry, 1933
14. Oxycrobylus - monotypic Oxycrobylus agilis Ingrisch, 1989 - Thailand
15. Oxytauchira Ramme, 1941 – Indo-China
16. Paratoacris Li & Jin, 1984
17. Pseudogerunda Bey-Bienko, 1935
18. Pterotiltus Karsch, 1893 – Africa

Chitaura sp.

Oxya yezoensis

• Ingrisch, S. , F.Willemse & S. Shishodia 2004: New species and interesting records of Acrididae (Orthoptera) from northeast India. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 147, pages 289–320