Ophiotettix is a genus of ground-hoppers (Orthoptera: Caelifera) in the subfamily Metrodorinae and since 2017 has become the type genus of tribe Ophiotettigini; it was erected by Francis Walker in 1871.Walker, F. (1871) In Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. London. Vol. 5, 811–850 pp. Available here: p. 846. The recorded distribution for species in this genus is from New Guinea and surrounding islands.
Species Twelve species groups or superspecies have been identified;Tumbrinck J, Skejo J (2017) Taxonomic and biogeographic revision of the New Guinean genus Ophiotettix Walker, 1871 (Tetrigidae: Metrodorinae: Ophiotettigini trib. nov.), with the descriptions of 33 new species. In Biodiversity, Biogeography and Nature Conservation in Wallacea and New Guinea. Entomological Society of Latvia, Ed. Dmitry Telnov. Vol. 3, 525–580 pp. the Orthoptera Species FileOrthoptera Species File: genus Ophiotettix Walker, 1871 (retrieved 7 July 2025) lists:
species group brevicollis Ophiotettix brevicollis Ophiotettix parvicollis Ophiotettix roesleri Ophiotettix subbrevicollis species group buergersi Ophiotettix buergersi Ophiotettix imbiana Ophiotettix modesta Ophiotettix rohwedderi Ophiotettix sanguinea Ophiotettix schapinae Ophiotettix tenuis species group cygnicollis Ophiotettix amberiana Ophiotettix cygnicollis – type species Ophiotettix pushkari Ophiotettix storozhenkoi species group hansscholteni Ophiotettix hansscholteni species group katharinae Ophiotettix flyriveriensis Ophiotettix kaitani Ophiotettix karimuiensis Ophiotettix katharinae Ophiotettix quateorum species group limosina Ophiotettix bewana Ophiotettix bomberaiensis Ophiotettix depressa Ophiotettix filiforma Ophiotettix limosina Ophiotettix luce Ophiotettix mountnokensis Ophiotettix projecta Ophiotettix scolopax species group lorentzi Ophiotettix lorentzi species group pulcherrima Ophiotettix pulcherrima Ophiotettix rebrinae species group stallei Ophiotettix stallei species group telefominensis Ophiotettix telefominensis species group toxopei Ophiotettix toxopei species group westwoodi Ophiotettix cheesmanae Ophiotettix fritzpahli Ophiotettix meggy Ophiotettix westwoodi
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