# Calliptaminae

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{{short description|Subfamily of grasshoppers}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Calliptamus italicus01.jpg
| image_caption = ''[Calliptamus italicus](/source/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](/source/subfamily) of [grasshopper](/source/grasshopper)s 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](/source/Acorypha)'' <small>Krauss, 1877</small>
# ''[Bosumia](/source/Bosumia)'' <small>Ramme, 1929</small>
# ''[Braxyxenia](/source/Braxyxenia)'' <small>Kirby, 1914</small>
# ''[Calliptamus](/source/Calliptamus)'' <small>Serville, 1831</small>
# ''[Damaracris](/source/Damaracris)'' <small>Brown, 1972</small>
# ''[Indomerus](/source/Indomerus)'' <small>Dirsh, 1951</small>
# ''[Palaciosa](/source/Palaciosa)'' <small>Bolívar, 1930</small>
# ''[Paracaloptenus](/source/Paracaloptenus)'' <small>Bolívar, 1876</small>
# ''[Peripolus](/source/Peripolus)'' <small>Martínez y Fernández-Castillo, 1898</small>
# ''[Sphodromerus](/source/Sphodromerus)'' <small>Stål, 1873</small>
# ''[Sphodronotus](/source/Sphodronotus)'' <small>Uvarov, 1943</small>
# ''[Stobbea](/source/Stobbea)'' <small>Ramme, 1929</small>

==References==
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Category:Acrididae
Category:Orthoptera subfamilies

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