{{Short description|Family of grasshoppers}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Thericleid female.jpg | image_caption = Thericleid female from Tanzania | taxon = Thericleidae | authority = Burr, 1899 | display_parents = 3 | synonyms = }} thumb|Unidentified wingless species of Thericleidae, showing characteristic "horse-head" and stubby antennae
The '''Thericleidae''' are a family of grasshoppers within the order Orthoptera and superfamily Eumastacoidea. They have exceptionally stubby antennae even for the Caelifera, with most species having a characteristic "horse-headed" look in profile.
The family occurs in Africa,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Thericleidae: Overview|publisher=Encyclopedia of Life|url=http://eol.org/pages/997/overview}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|author=Descamps, Marius|year=1977|title=Monographie des Thericleidae (Orthoptera Acridomorpha Eumastacoidea)|series=Sciences zoologiques No. 216|publisher=Musee royal de l'Afrique centrale|location=Tervuren, Belgium|oclc=6358616}}</ref> most members living in small trees and shrubs rather than forbs or grasses.<ref name= "isbn1-86872-713-0">{{cite book |author1=Alan Weaving |author2=Mike Picker |author3=Griffiths, Charles Llewellyn |title=Field Guide to Insects of South Africa |publisher=New Holland Publishers, Ltd |year=2003 |isbn=1-86872-713-0 }}</ref>
The type genus is ''Thericles'' <small>Stål, 1875</small>.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Family Thericleidae Burr, 1899|publisher=Orthoptera Species File|url=http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1118822|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118133246/http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1118822|archive-date=18 November 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> They are obscure insects, not well known to the public, but nonetheless have a few common names, including "monkey grasshoppers", whether because of the head shape, or because they are very agile in leaping about among the twigs of the trees they inhabit, is not clear. They also are called "bush hoppers", a name they share with the closely related Euschmidtiidae.
==Subfamilies and selected genera== * Afromastacinae <small>Descamps, 1977</small> ** ''Afromastax'' Descamps, 1977 ** ''Clerithes'' Bolívar, 1914 * Barythericleinae <small>Descamps, 1977</small> (monotypic) ** ''Barythericles'' Descamps, 1977 * Chromothericleinae <small>Descamps, 1977</small> ** ''Acanthothericles'' Descamps, 1977 ** ''Chromothericles'' Descamps, 1977 ** ''Dimorphothericles'' Descamps, 1977 * Loxicephalinae <small>Descamps, 1977</small> (monotypic) ** ''Loxicephala'' Descamps, 1977 * Plagiotriptinae <small>Bolívar, 1914</small> ** ''Phaulotypus'' Burr, 1899 ** ''Plagiotriptus'' Karsch, 1889 ** ''Socotrella (insect)'' Popov, 1957 * Thericleinae <small>Burr, 1899</small> ** ''Lophothericles'' Descamps, 1977 ** ''Thericles'' Stål, 1875 * incertae sedis ** ''Smilethericles'' Baccetti, 1997
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Category:Thericleidae Category:Orthoptera families Category:Eumastacoidea