{{short description|Subfamily of grasshoppers}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Calliptamus italicus01.jpg | image_caption = ''Calliptamus italicus''<br/>Photo from http://www.entomart.be/ | taxon = Calliptaminae | authority = Jacobson, 1905 | synonyms = * Calliptami Jacobson, 1905 * Caloptenidae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 * Calopteninae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 * Calliptamini Jacobson, 1905 * Calopteni Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 }}
The '''Calliptaminae''' are a subfamily of grasshoppers containing species found in Africa, Europe and Asia;<ref name = OSF/> some are economically important. It was originally erected as a tribe by G.G. Jacobson in 1905 as the "Calliptamini", later uprated by Dirsh in 1956.<ref>Dirsh (1956) ''Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. London'' 108(7): 255.</ref>
==Genera== The ''Orthoptera Species File'' includes:<ref name = OSF>David C. Eades; Daniel Otte. [http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1112737 Orthoptera Species File Online]. (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 3 September 2022)</ref> # ''Acorypha'' <small>Krauss, 1877</small> # ''Bosumia'' <small>Ramme, 1929</small> # ''Braxyxenia'' <small>Kirby, 1914</small> # ''Calliptamus'' <small>Serville, 1831</small> # ''Damaracris'' <small>Brown, 1972</small> # ''Indomerus'' <small>Dirsh, 1951</small> # ''Palaciosa'' <small>Bolívar, 1930</small> # ''Paracaloptenus'' <small>Bolívar, 1876</small> # ''Peripolus'' <small>Martínez y Fernández-Castillo, 1898</small> # ''Sphodromerus'' <small>Stål, 1873</small> # ''Sphodronotus'' <small>Uvarov, 1943</small> # ''Stobbea'' <small>Ramme, 1929</small>
==References== {{Reflist}}
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Category:Acrididae Category:Orthoptera subfamilies