SUBFAMILY PODOSCIRTINAE SAUSSURE, 1878 DEFIN. NOV.

Podoscirtites Saussure, 1878: 693, Saussure, 1893: 257.

Eneopterinae Kirby, 1906: 92, Chopard, 1968: 365, Chopard, 1969: 326. Vickery, 1977: 14, Otte & Alexander, 1983: 1–477.

Eneopteridae Kevan, 1977: 40 .

Podoscirtidae Bruner 1916: 416, Chopard, 1951: 491, Desutter, 1987: 224, Desutter, 1988: 361.

Podoscirtinae Gorochov, 1986: 519, Otte, Alexande & Cade, 1987: 448, Vasanth, 1993: 114, Otte, 1994: 72, 86. Oshiro, 1995: 37, Yin, Haisheng & Liu, 1995: 213, Ingrisch, 1997: 48, Gorochov, 2002: 303–350, Gorochov, 2003: 267-303, Gorochov, 2004: 33, Gorochov, 2005: 181– 208, Gorochov, 2006: 33–46, Gorochov, 2007: 237–289, Gorochov, 2008: 15, Gorochov, 2010: 205–245, Gorochov, 2011: 216–270, Gorochov, 2013: 15–58, Gorochov, 2015: 31–41, Anso, Jourdan & Desutter-Grandcolas, 2016: 30, Desutter-Grandcolas, Anso & Jourdan, 2016: 436, Gorochov, 2017: 11–106, Gorochov, 2018: 77–121, Rentz & Su, 2019: 124, Gorochov, 2020: 248, Gorochov, 2021: 65, Gorochov, 2021: 381–389, Zheng et al., 2021: 401.

Type genus: Podoscirtus Serville, 1838 .

Distribution: Worldwide.

Diagnosis: Small to large-sized, body generally fusiform, intensely covered by bristles, with developed FWs, sometimes with stridulatory apparatus not developed. TIII with five or more outer and inner subapical spurs. Apex of dorsal valves of ovipositor serrulate laterally and ventrally, covering ventral valves laterally and sometimes ventrally (Fig. 9B, C). Male genitalia: apex of ectophallic fold bilobate; posterior projection of endophallus double (U-shaped) (Fig. 9A) when present; EndAp generally flattened laterally.

Included supertribes and genera: Podoscirtidi Saussure, 1878 supertrib.nov., Hapithidi Gorochov, 1986 supertrib. nov.

Incertae sedis: Allopterites Cockerell, 1920 (fossil), Stenogryllodes Chopard, 1936 (fossil).