{{short description|Subfamily of grasshoppers}} {{Automatic taxobox |taxon=Oxyinae |authority=Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893<ref>Révision du système des orthoptères et description des espèces rapportées par M. Leonardo Fea de Birmanie. KB von Wattenwyl, L Fea - 1893</ref> |image=Oxya hyla female.jpg |image_caption=''Oxya hyla'' (female) in the Lama Forest of Benin |subdivision_ranks=Tribes |subdivision=* Oxyini * Praxibulini |synonyms = }}
'''Oxyinae''' is subfamily of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. Species are distributed throughout Africa (including Madagascar) and Australasia.
== Tribes and Genera == According to the Orthoptera Species File there are two clearly defined tribes, Oxyini and Praxibulini, and other genera of uncertain affiliation:<ref name=osf>[http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=52263 Orthoptera Species File]</ref>
===Oxyini=== Auth. Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893; selected genera: *''Gesonula'' <small>Uvarov, 1940</small> *''Lucretilis'' <small>Stål, 1878</small> *''Oxya'' <small>Serville, 1831</small> *''Oxyina'' <small>Hollis, 1975</small> *''Pseudoxya'' <small>Yin & Liu, 1987</small> *''Quilta'' <small>Stål, 1861</small> *''Thanmoia'' <small>Ramme, 1941</small>
===Praxibulini=== Auth. Rehn, 1957 – Australia #''Kosciuscola'' <small>Sjöstedt, 1934</small> #''Methiola'' <small>Sjöstedt, 1920</small> #''Methiolopsis'' <small>Rehn, 1957</small> #''Praxibulus'' <small>Bolívar, 1906</small>
===tribe not placed=== As of March 2024:<ref name=osf/> # ''Badistica'' {{Au|Karsch, 1891}} – Africa # ''Boninoxya'' {{Au|Ishikawa, 2011}} – Japan # ''Caryandoides'' {{Au|Zheng & Xie, 2007}} # ''Chitaura'' {{Au|Bolívar, 1918}} – India, southeast Asia to Papua New Guinea # ''Cylindrotiltus'' {{Au|Ramme, 1929}} – Africa # ''Digentia'' {{Au|Stål, 1878}} – Africa # ''Dirshia'' {{Au|Brown, 1962}} – southern Africa # ''Fer'' {{Au|Bolívar, 1918}} - China, Indochina # ''Gerista'' {{Au|Bolívar, 1905}} – Africa # ''Hilloxya'' {{Au|Kumar & Chandra, 2019}} # ''Hygracris'' {{Au|Uvarov, 1921}} – India # ''Longchuanacris'' {{Au|Zheng & Fu, 1989}} # ''Ochlandriphaga'' {{Au|Henry, 1933}} # ''Oxycrobylus'' - monotypic ''Oxycrobylus agilis'' {{Au|Ingrisch, 1989}} - Thailand # ''Oxytauchira'' {{Au|Ramme, 1941}} – Indo-China # ''Paratoacris'' {{Au|Li & Jin, 1984}} # ''Pseudogerunda'' {{Au|Bey-Bienko, 1935}} # ''Pterotiltus'' {{Au|Karsch, 1893}} – Africa
{{Gallery |mode=packed |Small rice grasshopper (Pseudoxya diminuta).jpg|''Pseudoxya diminuta'' |Bright grasshoppers (Chitaura sp) (8419546524).jpg|''Chitaura'' sp. |Oxya yezoensis which copulates 08Oct16.jpg|''Oxya yezoensis'' }}
== References == {{Reflist}} * Ingrisch, S., F.Willemse & S. Shishodia 2004: New species and interesting records of Acrididae (Orthoptera) from northeast India. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 147, pages 289–320
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Category:Oxyinae Category:Orthoptera subfamilies Category:Taxa named by Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl