SUBFAMILY OECANTHINAE BLANCHARD, 1845 DEFIN. NOV.

Oecanthites Blanchard, 1845: 245, Saussure, 1874: 428, Saussure, 1878: 590.

Oecanthiens Saussure, 1874: 427, Saussure, 1878: 534. Oecanthinae Saussure, 1897: 251, Scudder, 1987: 62, Azam, 1901: 104, Kirby, 1906: 109, Zeuner, 1939: 212, Walker, 1966: 265, Otte & Alexander, 1983: 374, Gorochov 1986: 851–858, Toms & Otte, 1988: 471, Nickle, 1992: 195, Otte, 1994: 85, Rentz, 1996: 147, Otte & Perez-Gelabert, 2009: 491, Gorochov, 2015: 31–34, Collins & Carson, 2014: 170, Chintauan-Marquier et al., 2016: 73, Rentz & Su, 2019: 231.

Type genus: Oecanthus Serville, 1831 .

Distribution: Worldwide.

Diagnosis: Generally found in trees or bushes. Almost all representatives with well-developed FWs and stridulatory apparatus (except in Paraphasius Chopard, 1927, Leptogryllus Perkins, 1899 and Thaumatogryllus Perkins, 1899); lateral field not perpendicular to dorsal field, forming less than 90° angle (easily observable in posterior view) Supporting Information, (Fig. S2J2). TIII iav spur significantly reduced (Supporting Information, Fig. S6E). Dorsal valves of ovipositor bifurcate (Supporting Information, Figs S4 Ja, S5C, D), covering ventral valves laterally. Male genitalia: pseudepiphallic sclerite wider than long; LLophi bilobate.

Included supertribes: Oecanthidi Blanchard, 1845 supertrib.nov., Diatrypidi Desutter, 1988 supertrib. nov.,