Trigonopterygoidea

The Trigonopterygoidea are an insect superfamily in the Orthoptera: Caelifera.^[2] Sometimes described as leaf grasshoppers, American species in the Xyronotidae have also been called razor-backed bush-hoppers.^[3]

Trigonopterygoidea
Leaf grasshopper (Systella sp.) from Malaysia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Caelifera
Nanorder:	Acridomorpha
Superfamily:	Trigonopterygoidea Walker, 1870[1]

Families and distribution

The Orthoptera Species File lists two families:^[2]

• Trigonopterygidae Walker, 1870: found in south and south-east Asia

1. subfamily Borneacridinae Kevan, 1952
2. subfamily Trigonopteryginae Walker, 1870

• Xyronotidae Bolívar, 1909: found in Central America north to Mexico^[4]

1. genus Axyronotus Dirsh & Mason, 1979
2. genus Xyronotus Saussure, 1884