Superfamily
Tetrigoidea (Pygmy grasshoppers)
Paratettix aztecus. Photo: (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY)
Tetrigidae is a family in the order Orthoptera, which also includes similar families such as crickets, grasshoppers, and their allies. Species within the Tetrigidae are variously called groundhoppers, grouse locusts, pygmy locusts or pygmy grasshoppers.