SUPERTRIBE HAPITHIDI GOROCHOV, 1986 SUPERTRIB. NOV.

Hapithini Gorochov, 1986: 521.

Hapithinae Desutter, 1987: 234. Desutter, 1988: 362.

Type genus: Hapithus Uhler, 1864 .

Distribution: Nearctic and Neotropics.

Diagnosis: Small to large-sized, FWs generally developed, stridulatory apparatus, present or absent. Lateral and median ocelli almost aligned (Fig. 11A); fifth article of maxillary palpus upcurved almost 90°, sensilla region apical (Fig. 11B); pronotum caudal margin convex on the middle. When stridulatory apparatus present: stridulatory file generally sinuous, with stridulatory file on the midlength; bearing one or two transversals harp veins, almost parallel to stridulatory file (Figs 14B, 15B). Female subgenital plate concave or with a median invagination. Male genitalia: EctF apex bilobate; endophallus U-shaped.

Included tribes: Aphonomorphini Desutter, 1988, Cearacesaini Koçak & Kemal, 2010, Hapithini Gorochov, 1986, Phyllogryllini Campos, trib. nov.

Remarks: Previously considered a subfamily, we propose this supertribe to organize the classification of Podoscirtinae .