Coptacrinae

The Coptacrinae are a subfamily of Acrididae (originally described by Brunner von Wattenwyl under the synonym: Coptacrae^[1]) in the Orthoptera: Caelifera. Species can be found in Africa and Asia.

Coptacrinae
Poecilocerastis sp (female on left)
Eucoptacra anguliflava male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Caelifera
Infraorder:	Acrididea
Nanorder:	Acridomorpha
Superfamily:	Acridoidea
Family:	Acrididae
Subfamily:	Coptacrinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
Synonyms
Coptacrae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 Coptacridinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 Coptacrini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893

Genera

The Orthoptera Species File lists the following:^[2]

• Apalacris Walker, 1870
• Bocagella Bolívar, 1889 - Africa
• Coptacra Stål, 1873 (type genus) - tropical Asia
• Coptacrella Bolívar, 1902 - India
• Coptacridia Ramme, 1941 - Eastern Himalayas
• Cyphocerastis Karsch, 1891 - equatorial Africa
• Ecphanthacris: E. mirabilis Tinkham, 1940 - eastern China
• Ecphymacris Bi, 1984: E. lofaoshana (Tinkham, 1940) - eastern China
• Epistaurus Bolívar, 1889 - Africa, India, Indo-China
• Eucoptacra Bolívar, 1902 - Africa, India, Indo-China, peninsular Malaysia, Borneo
• Eustaurus: E. tibialus Mahmood & Yousuf, 2000 - Pakistan
• Exochoderes Bolívar, 1882 - Angola
• Hintzia: H. squamiptera Ramme, 1929 - Cameroon
• Pamphagella Bruner, 1910 - Madagascar
• Paracoptacra Karsch, 1896 - equatorial Africa
• Parepistaurus Karsch, 1896 - central & southern Africa
• Physocrobylus Dirsh, 1951 - Tanzania
• Pirithoicus Uvarov, 1940 - India
• Poecilocerastis Ramme, 1929 - central Africa
• Pseudotraulia - monotypic - P, cornuata Laosinchai & Jago, 1980 - China, Thailand
• Rhopaloceracris Tinkham, 1940 - eastern China, Viet Nam
• Ruwenzoracris Rehn, 1914 - equatorial Africa