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Amorphopini
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Amorphopini

Metrodorinae is a subfamily of groundhoppers or pygmy grasshoppers. There are more than 590 described species, found in South America, Africa and Asia. In a 2025 revision, new tribes were erected and a number of genera were placed in the subfamily Guntheritettiginae.

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2 branches of this tribe, most-observed first

Eomorphopus

genusEomorphopus

Amorphopus

genusAmorphopus

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Recorded sightings

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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 524049.