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Gomphomastacinae
Eumastacidae are a family of grasshoppers sometimes known as monkey- or matchstick grasshoppers. They usually have thin legs that are held folded at right angles to the body, sometimes close to the horizontal plane. Many species are wingless and the head is at an angle with the top of the head often jutting above the line of the thorax and abdomen. They have three segmented tarsi and have a short antenna with a knobby organ at...
13 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first

Gomphomastax
genusGomphomastax

Phytomastax
genusPhytomastax

Sinomastax
genusSinomastax

Ptygomastax
genusPtygomastax

Pentaspinula
genusPentaspinula
Afghanomastax
genusAfghanomastax
Brachymastax
genusBrachymastax
Clinomastax
genusClinomastax
Gyabus
genusGyabus
Myrmeleomastax
genusMyrmeleomastax
Oreomastax
genusOreomastax
Paedomastax
genusPaedomastax
Nepalomastax
genusNepalomastax
Where it lives
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 705818.