Proscopiidae

Proscopiidae^[1] is a family of Neotropical grasshoppers, now placed in its own superfamily, the Proscopioidea.^[2] Some species may be known as stick grasshoppers or jumping sticks. Within the family Proscopiidae, there are 34 genera and 228 different species.^[3] The proscopiids are herbivores and feed on a variety of plants in a variety of environmental conditions. Due to the insects being herbivores, they also have the ability to cause significant damage to the agriculture of their neotropical habitat. Identifying Proscopiidae is extremely difficult due to their close resemblance to a couple of other species of insect and the fact that the proscopiid taxonomy is far from complete.^[4]

Proscopiidae
Horsehead grasshopper (Pseudoproscopia scabra), Tambopata National Reserve, Peru
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Caelifera
Nanorder:	Acridomorpha
Superfamily:	Proscopioidea
Family:	Proscopiidae Serville, 1838
Synonyms
Proscopides

Subfamilies and selected genera

The Orthoptera Species File lists three subfamilies, with several genera unplaced:^[2]

• Hybusinae Liana, 1980 (monotypic)
  • Hybusa Erichson, 1844
• Proscopiinae Serville, 1838
  • Tribe Proscopiini Serville, 1838
    • Proscopia Klug, 1820
    • Pseudoproscopia Bentos-Pereira, 2006
  • Tribe Tetanorhynchini Bentos-Pereira, 2003
    • Scleratoscopia Jago, 1990
    • Tetanorhynchus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1890
• Xeniinae Liana, 1980
  • Xenium Liana, 1980
• incertae sedis
  • Bazylukia Liana, 1972
  • Bolidorhynchus Jago, 1990
  • Eoproscopia† Heads, 2008
  • Epsigrypa Mello-Leitão, 1939
  • Nodutus Liana, 1972
  • Orthophastigia Tapia, 1982
  • Scopaeoscleratoscopia Jago, 1990