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Forbhoppers
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Forbhoppers

Thericleidae

The Thericleidae are a family within the order Orthoptera. They are short-horned grasshoppers (meaning that they are in the suborder Caelifera), and in fact they have exceptionally stubby antennae even for the Caelifera. Most species have a characteristic "horse-headed" look in profile.

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7 branches of this family, most-observed first

Thericleinae

subfamilyThericleinae

Afromastacinae

subfamilyAfromastacinae

Plagiotriptinae

subfamilyPlagiotriptinae

Chromothericleinae

subfamilyChromothericleinae

Loxicephalinae

subfamilyLoxicephalinae

Smilethericles

genusSmilethericles

Barythericleinae

subfamilyBarythericleinae

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 182025.