Orthoptera Species File
family

Lentulidae Dirsh, 1956

Type

Lentula Stål, 1878 type genus of Lentulidae Dirsh, 1956

Nomenclature (31)

  • Lentulidae Dirsh, 1956: 244.

    type genus Lentula Stål, 1878

  • Lentulidae Dirsh, 1956 in Dirsh, 1961: 386.
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  • Lithidiidae Dirsh, 1961 (subjective synonym of Lentulinae Dirsh, 1956) in Otte, 2024: 21.
  • Lentulidae Dirsh, 1956 in Hemp, Ritchie, Cigliano, Heller, Warchalowska-Sliwa, Grzywacz, Linde, Uluar, Oumarou-Ngoute & Song, 2025: 541.

Nomenclature references (23)

  • Brown, H.D. (1962) New and interesting grasshoppers from southern Africa - 3 (Orthoptera: Acridoidea). Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 25(2), 198–229. Available at http://journals.co.za/content/JESSA/25/2/AJA00128789_3701
  • Brown, H.D. (2012) Additional species of Eremidium Karsch, 1896 with description of a new allied genus from South Africa (Orthoptera: Acridoidea: Lentulidae). Annals of the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History, 2, 47–68.
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  • Brown, H.D. (2013) New grasshoppers from KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa (Orthoptera: Acridoidea: Lentulidae). Annals of the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History, 3, 59–79.
  • Brown, H.D. (2014) Armstrongium - an unusual new sylvan genus of Lentulidae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) from KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. Annals of the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History, 4(4), 33–50.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1956) The phallic complex in Acridoidea (Orthoptera) in relation to taxonomy. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 108(7), 223–356.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1961) A preliminary revision of the families and subfamilies of Acridoidea (Orthoptera, Insecta). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 10(9), 351–419. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2242565
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1975) In Classification of the Acridomorphoid Insects. E. W. Classey Ltd., Farringdon, Oxon. 1–171 pp.
  • Eades, D.C. (2000) Evolutionary relationships of phallic structures of Acridomorpha (Orthoptera). Journal of Orthoptera Research, 9, 181–210.
  • Hemp, C., Ritchie, J.M., Cigliano, M.M., Heller, K.-G., Warchalowska-Sliwa, E., Grzywacz, B., Linde, J.B., Uluar, O., Oumarou-Ngoute, C. & Song, H. (2025) Out of sight, out of mind? Ixalidiidae, a new family of African forest grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acridoidea) revealed by molecular phylogenetics and genital morphology. Zoosystema, 47(24), 489–553. https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2025v47a24
  • Hemp, C., Scherer, C., Brandl, R. & Pinkert, S. (2020) The origin of the endemic African grasshopper family Lentulidae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) and its climate-induced diversification. Journal of Biogeography. Available at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jbi.13880?af=R
  • Jago, N.D. (1981) A revision of the genus Usambilla Sjostedt (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) and its allies. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 43(1), 1–38. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/bulletinofbritis43entolond
  • Johnsen, P. (1982) In Acridoidea of Zambia. Aarhus University, Aarhus. Vol. 2, 82–162 [continuation].
  • Johnston, H.B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: Vol. Suppl. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 445 pp.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1982) Orthoptera. In Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill Book Company. Vol. 2, pp. 352–379.
  • Matenaar, D., Bröder, L. & Hochkirch, A. (2016) A preliminary phylogeny of the South African Lentulidae. Hereditas, 153(1), 1–8. Available at http://hereditasjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s41065-015-0005-6
  • Otte, D. (1995) Orthoptera Species File 4. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 518 pp.
  • Otte, D. (2014) Twenty-six new species of grasshoppers from the Southern African arid zone (Orthoptera: Acridoidea: Lentulidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 140, 293–347. Available at http://authors.entomology-aes.org/article/public/17.pdf
  • Otte, D. (2020) Thirty-two new South African grasshopper species in the family Lentulidae belonging to eleven genera (Orthoptera: Acridoidea). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 146(1), 1–164.
  • Otte, D. (2024) Keys to Southern African Lentulidae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) and revision of Eremidium. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 150(1), 21–159. https://doi.org/10.3157/061.150.0102
  • Otte, D., Cowper, G. & Armstrong, A.J. (2023) Revision of Lentula, Nyassacris, Basutacris and Qachasia, with descriptions of three new genera and 26 new species (Acridoidea: Lentulidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 149(2), 185–234. https://doi.org/10.3157/061.149.0205
  • Rowell, C.H.F., Hemp, C. & Harvey, A.W. (2015) In Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 1. Pneumoridae, Pyrgomorphidae, Lentulidae, Pamphagidae and Dericorythidae. 238 pp.
  • Song, H. (2018) 10 Biodiversity of Orthoptera. In Insect Biodiversity: Science and Society, Volume 2. John Wiley & Sons Ltd. 245–279 pp.
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1966) In Grasshoppers and Locusts. A Handbook of General Acridology. Cambridge University Press, London. Vol. 1, 481 pp.

Descendants and synonyms

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
family1023
subfamily2024
genus3202759
species3040125429
subspecies70512