Eumastacoidea is a superfamily within the order Orthoptera. The family has a mainly tropical distribution. Some of the characters of the members of the superfamily are the lack of an abdominal tympanum, wings if present widen towards the tip, the antennae are short in some groups the hindlegs are spread out laterally at rest. The overall classification based on genitalic characters and the geographic distribution of the groups are as follows:
CryptophalliFamily ChorotypidaeChorotypinae (Burr, 1903) Asia, Southeast Asia, Central AfricaPrionacanthinae Descamps 1973, IndiaErianthinae (Burr, 1903) Southeast Asia, South AsiaEruciinae Burr, 1903 Southeast AsiaChininae Burr, 1903 China.Mnesicleinae Descamps, 1973 Indo-Malayan ArchipelagoFamily Episactidae (Central and South America)Episactinae Burr, 1903Espagnolinae Rehn, 1948 (Hispaniola)Miraculinae I. Bolivar, 1903Stenophalli.Family MorabidaeBiroellinae C. Bolivar, 1930 - AustralasiaMorabinae Rehn, 1948 - AustraliaFamily EumastacidaeGomphomastacinae Burr, 1903 Central AsiaMorseinae Rehn, 1948 (Central and South America)Masynteinae Descamps, 1973, Cuba.Parepisactinae Dirsh, 1975 South AmericaEumastacinae Burr, 1903 South AmericaPseudomastacinae Dirsh, 1961 South AmericaParamastacinae Dirsh, 1961 South AmericaTemnomastacinae (Rehn, 1948) South AmericaEumastacopinae Descamps, 1973 South AmericaEuphalliFamily Mastacideidae (South India)Mastacideinae Rehn, 1948, S. India.DisclerophalliFamily EuschmidtiidaeEuschmidtiinae Rehn, 1948 -Africa, Madagascar, SeychellesPseudoschmidtiinae Descamps, 1964 Madagascar, Comoros and mainland AfricaStenoschmidtiinae Descamps, 1973, Coastal East AfricaFamily Thericleidae (Africa)Afromastacinae Descamps, 1977Barythericleinae Descamps, 1977Chromothericleinae Descamps, 1977Loxicephalinae Descamps, 1977Plagiotriptinae Bolívar, 1914Thericleinae Burr, 1899
