page_title: Pyrgomorphidae
section_title: Sub-family Pyrgomorphinae
hierarchical_section_title: Pyrgomorphidae / Subfamilies and Tribes / Sub-family Pyrgomorphinae
caption_attribution_description: Atractomorpha similis
context_page_description: Pyrgomorphidae is a family of grasshoppers in the order Orthoptera; it is the only family in the superfamily Pyrgomorphoidea, with a pan-tropical distribution. Their name is probably derived from pyrgos meaning "tower": a reference to the form of the head in the type genus Pyrgomorpha and other genera.
  They may sometimes be known as "gaudy grasshoppers", due to the striking, often aposematic colouration of a number of genera; however many others are camouflaged or cryptic, including the genus Pyrgomorpha.
context_section_description: Some notable genera and species are shown here:
  Tribe Atractomorphini - Africa, Asia, Australia
  Genus Atractomorpha
  Tribe Chlorizeinini Kevan & Akbar, 1964 - Africa, Asia
  Genus Chlorizeina Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
  Tribe Chrotogonini Bolívar, 1904 - Africa, Asia
  Tribe Desmopterini - W. Africa, Asia, Australia
  Genus Desmoptera: including Desmoptera truncatipennis
  Tribe Dictyophorini - Africa
  Genus Dictyophorus: including Dictyophorus spumans
  Tribe Monistriini - Australia
  Genus Monistria: including Monistria cicatricosa and Monistria pustulifera
  Tribe Omurini Kevan, 1961 - South America
  Tribe Petasidini - Australia
  Genus Petasida: including Petasida ephippigera (Leichhardt's grasshopper)
  Tribe Phymateini - Africa (incl. Madagascar), China
  Genus Phymateus
  Genus Zonocerus
  Tribe Poekilocerini Burmeister, 1840 - Africa, India, Indo-China, Malesia, PNG
  Genus Poekilocerus Serville, 1831
  Tribe Psednurini - Australia
  Genus Psednura
  Tribe Pseudomorphacridini Kevan & Akbar, 1964 - Indo-China
  Genus Pseudomorphacris Carl, 1916
  Tribe Pyrgomorphini - Africa, W. Asia through to India
  Genus Pyrgomorpha Serville, 1838
  Genus Pyrgomorphella Bolívar, 1904
  Tribe Schulthessiini Kevan & Akbar, 1964 - Madagascar
  Tribe Sphenariini Bolívar, 1884 - Central America, Africa, China
  Genus Sphenarium Charpentier, 1845
  Tribe Tagastini Bolívar, 1905 - SE Asia
  Genus Tagasta Bolívar, 1905
  Tribe Taphronotini Bolívar, 1904 - Africa, India, Indo-China
  Genus Aularches Stål, 1873: monotypic Aularches miliaris
caption: Atractomorpha similis
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