Betiscoides is a small genus of southern African grasshoppers in the family Lentulidae.
The grasshoppers of the genus Betiscoides have slender or very slender bodies and they are flightless, lacking wings.
They have a conical head and the antennae are tapering.
They are all found among the reed-like wetland plants of the genus Restio and their common name is the restio grasshoppers.
[2] All three species are classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List.