Betiscoides

Betiscoides is a small genus of southern African grasshoppers in the family Lentulidae.

Betiscoides
Betiscoides parva
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Caelifera
Superfamily:	Acridoidea
Family:	Lentulidae
Subfamily:	Lentulinae
Genus:	Betiscoides Sjöstedt, 1923
Type species
Betiscoides meridionalis Sjöstedt, 1923[1]

The grasshoppers of the genus Betiscoides have slender or very slender bodies and they are flightless, lacking wings. They have a conical head and the antennae are tapering. They are all found among the reed-like wetland plants of the genus Restio and their common name is the restio grasshoppers.^[2] All three species are classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List.^[3]

Species

There are three species in the genus Betiscoides:^[1]

• Betiscoides meridionalis Sjöstedt, 1923 – slender restio grasshopper
• Betiscoides parva Key, 1937 – small restio grasshopper
• Betiscoides sjostedti Key, 1937 – robust restio grasshopper