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Tropidopolinae

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The Tropidopolinae are a subfamily of Acrididae in the Orthoptera: Caelifera. Species can be found in Africa, southern Europe and Asia.

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Tropidopolinae
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  • Tribes and genera
  • Tristriini
  • Tropidopolini
  • tribe unassigned
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The Tropidopolinae are a subfamily of Acrididae in the Orthoptera: Caelifera. Species can be found in Africa, southern Europe and Asia.

== Tribes and genera == The Orthoptera Species File lists two tribes, with the following: ===Tristriini=== Authority: Mishchenko 1945 Tristria Stål, 1873 – equatorial Africa and Asia (including Indo-China and Sulawesi) Tristriella Descamps & Wintrebert, 1967 - Madagascar ===Tropidopolini=== Authority: Jacobson 1905 Tropidopola Stål, 1873 – central – northern Africa, southern Europe; Asia: near East, India up to Siberia ===tribe unassigned=== Afroxyrrhepes Uvarov, 1943 – equatorial Africa Chloroxyrrhepes Uvarov, 1943 – west Africa Dabba (insect) Uvarov, 1933 - Iran Homoxyrrhepes Uvarov, 1926 - Africa Limnippa Uvarov, 1941 - monotypic: E. Africa Mesopsilla Ramme, 1929 - monotypic: Congo Musimoja Uvarov, 1953 - monotypic: Angola Neooxyrrhepes Khan & Usmani, 2019 - monotypic: Assam Petamella Giglio-Tos, 1907 - Africa Pseudotristria Dirsh, 1961 – southern Africa

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