Caryandinae

Caryandinae
Caryanda spuria
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Caryandinae
Yin & Liu, 1987

The Caryandinae are a small subfamily of grasshoppers found mostly in China, India, Indochina and Malesia, but the large type genus Caryanda also has species from Africa. Genera were previously placed in the tribe Oxyini, with the subfamily erected by Yin & Liu in 1987.