Calliptamus is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. Species of Calliptamus are found in Africa and the northern Palearctic realm (mainland Europe not including Scandinavia) through to Japan.

Species Species within this genus include:

Calliptamus abbreviatus Ikonnikov, 1913 Calliptamus balucha Uvarov, 1938 Calliptamus barbarus (Costa, 1836) Calliptamus cicatricosus Bolívar, 1889 Calliptamus coelesyriensis Giglio-Tos, 1893 Calliptamus cyrenaicus Jago, 1963 Calliptamus deserticola Vosseler, 1902 Calliptamus italicus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Italian locust) type species (as Gryllus italicus L) Calliptamus madeirae Uvarov, 1937 (Madeira Pincer Grasshopper) Calliptamus montanus Chopard, 1937 Calliptamus plebeius (Walker, 1870) Calliptamus siciliae Ramme, 1927 (Pygmy Pincer Grasshopper) Calliptamus tenuicercis Tarbinsky, 1930 Calliptamus testaceus Walker, 1870 Calliptamus turanicus Tarbinsky, 1930 Calliptamus wattenwylianus Pantel, 1896 † Calliptamus strausi Harz, 1973

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