Metrodorinae


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.

Genera

The Orthoptera Species File currently lists nine tribes:
;Amorphopini
distribution: S. America
  1. Amorphopus
  2. ''Eomorphopus''

    Cleostratini

Authority: Bolívar, 1887; distribution: mostly SE Asia, W Africa, Madagascar
  1. Cleostratus - Philippines
  2. Dravidacris - S. India
  3. Indomiriatra - India
  4. Miriatroides
  5. Procytettix - Madagascar
  6. Pseudomitraria - W. Africa
  7. Rhopalina
  8. Rhynchotettix - Madagascar
  9. Rostella
  10. Spadotettix montypic S. fletcheri - Sri Lanka

    Clinophaestini

Authority: Storozhenko, 2013; distribution: western Indochina, Pacific islands
  1. Birmana
  2. Clinophaestus
  3. Thyrsus - monotypic Thyrsus tiaratus
;Garciaitettigini
  1. Chiriquia
  2. Devrieseium
  3. Garciaitettix
  4. Stalitettix
  5. Trigonofemora
;Metopomystrini
  1. Metopomystrum - S. America

    Metrodorini

Authority: Bolívar, 1887; distribution South America;
synonyms: Miriatrini, Mucrotettigini ;
Note: previously placed in the Cladonotinae
  1. Antillotettix
  2. Armasius
  3. †Baeotettix
  4. Bahorucotettix
  5. Cota
  6. Cubanotettix
  7. Cubonotus
  8. †Electrotettix
  9. Haitianotettix
  10. Hancockiella
  11. Hottettix
  12. Metrodora
  13. Miriatra
  14. Mucrotettix
  15. Sierratettix
  16. Tiburonotus
  17. ''Truncotettix''

    Ophiotettigini

Authority: Tumbrinck & Skejo, 2017; distribution: SE Asia
  1. Halmahera
  2. Ophiotettix
  3. Paraspartolus
  4. Rhopalotettix
  5. Spartolus
  6. Uvarovithyrsus
;Otumbini
  1. Bruneritettix
  2. Otumba
  3. Platythorus
  4. Plesiotettix
;Pterotettigini
  1. Oxytettix
  2. Pterotettix
  3. ''Tetticerus''

    Tribe Unassigned

  4. Afrosystolederus
  5. Allotettix
  6. Amphinotulus
  7. Amphinotus
  8. Apterotettix
  9. Arexion
  10. Austrohyboella
  11. Bermania
  12. Bolivaritettix
  13. Bullaetettix
  14. Calyptraeus
  15. Camelotettix
  16. Centrosotettix
  17. Cingalina
  18. Cingalotettix
  19. Cleostratoides
  20. Concavetettix
  21. Cotys
  22. Cotysoides
  23. Gorochovitettix
  24. Hildegardia
  25. Hyboella
  26. Isandrus
  27. Macromotettix
  28. Macromotettixoides
  29. Mazarredia
  30. Melainotettix
  31. Mixohyboella
  32. Moluccasia
  33. Orthotettix
  34. Orthotettixoides
  35. Paraguelus
  36. Paraphyllum
  37. Pseudoparatettix
  38. Pseudoxistrella
  39. Salomonotettix
  40. Scabrotettix
  41. Synalibas
  42. Systolederus
  43. Timoritettix
  44. Xistra
  45. Xistrella
  46. ''Xistrellula''