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Acrididae

Acrididae are the predominant family of grasshoppers, comprising some 10,000 of the 11,000 species of the entire suborder Caelifera. The Acrididae are best known because all locusts (swarming grasshoppers) are of the Acrididae. The subfamily Oedipodinae is sometimes classified as a distinct family Oedipodidae in the superfamily Acridoidea. Acrididae grasshoppers are characterized by relatively short and stout antennae (so they may be called "short-horned grasshoppers"), and tympana on the side of the first abdominal segment.

Subfamilies

The Orthoptera Species File (September 2021) lists the following subfamilies of Acrididae. The numbers of genera and species are approximate and may change over time.

  • Acridinae <small>MacLeay, 1821</small> (140 genera, 470 species), Worldwide: temperate and tropical
  • Calliptaminae <small>Jacobson, 1905</small> (12 genera, 90 species), Africa, Europe, Asia
  • Caryandinae <small>Yin & Liu, 1987</small> (3 genera, 100 species), Africa, Asia
  • Catantopinae <small>Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893</small> (325 genera, 990 species), Africa, Asia ("spur-throated grasshoppers")
  • Copiocerinae <small>Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893</small> (22 genera, 90 species), Central & South America
  • Coptacrinae <small>Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893</small> (20 genera, 110 species), Africa, Madagascar, tropical Asia
  • Cyrtacanthacridinae <small>Kirby, 1910</small> (38 genera, 170 species), Worldwide ("bird grasshoppers")
  • Egnatiinae <small>Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko, 1951</small> (30 species), Africa to central Asia
  • Eremogryllinae <small>Dirsh, 1956</small> (5 species), North Africa
  • Eremogryllus Krauss, 1902
  • Notopleura (grasshopper) Krauss, 1902
  • Euryphyminae <small>Dirsh, 1956</small> (23 genera, 80 species), Africa including Madagascar
  • Eyprepocnemidinae <small>Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893</small> (26 genera, 150 species), Africa, mainland Europe, Asia
  • Gomphocerinae <small>Fieber, 1853</small> (192 genera, 1200 species), Worldwide
  • Habrocneminae <small>Yin, 1982</small> (15 species), China, Indochina
  • Habrocnemis Uvarov, 1930
  • Longzhouacris You & Bi, 1983 - China only
  • Menglacris Jiang & Zheng, 1994 (syn. Tectiacris Wei & Zheng, 2005)- China
  • Hemiacridinae <small>Dirsh, 1956</small> (45 genera, 180 species), Africa, Asia
  • Incolacridinae <small>Tinkham, 1940</small> (4 genera), East Asia
  • Leptysminae <small>Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893</small> (21 genera, 70 species), Central and South America
  • Marelliinae <small>Eades, 2000</small> (monotypic, 1 species), South America
  • Marellia Uvarov, 1929
  • Melanoplinae <small>Scudder, 1897</small> (146 genera, 1100 species), Americas, Eurasia
  • Oedipodinae <small>Walker, 1871</small> (138 genera, 790 species), Worldwide
  • Ommatolampidinae <small>Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893</small> (115 genera, 290 species), South America
  • Oxyinae <small>Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893</small> (33 genera, 210 species), Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Australasia
  • Pauliniinae <small>Hebard, 1923</small> (monotypic, 1 species), South America
  • Pezotettiginae <small>Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893</small> (10 species), Europe, western Asia, Middle East
  • Proctolabinae <small>Amédégnato, 1974</small> (29 genera, 210 species), Central and South America
  • Rhytidochrotinae <small>Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893</small> (20 genera, 40 species), South America
  • Spathosterninae <small>Rehn, 1957</small> (single tribe, currently with 3 genera and 12 species), Africa, Indomalaya, Australia
  • Teratodinae <small>Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893</small> (8 genera, 20 species), Africa, southwest Asia
  • Tropidopolinae <small>Jacobson, 1905</small> (13 genera, 30 species), Africa, southern Europe, Asia

incertae sedis

Tribe Eucopiocerini <small>Descamps, 1975</small> - Central America
  1. Chapulacris Descamps, 1975
  2. Eucopiocera - monotypic E. rubripes Bruner, 1908
  3. Halffterina Descamps, 1975
  4. Leptalacris Descamps & Rowell, 1978 - monotypic L. fastigiata Descamps & Rowell, 1978
unplaced genera (all monotypic):
  • Atopacris <small>Amédégnato & Poulain, 1998</small>
  • Castetsia <small>Bolívar, 1902</small>
  • Jumandiacris <small>Amédégnato & Poulain, 1998</small>
  • Melliacris <small>Ramme, 1941</small>
  • Palandella <small>Amédégnato & Poulain, 1998</small>
  • Pileolum <small>Bolívar, 1917</small>
  • Tylotropidiopsis <small>Storozhenko, 1992</small>
  • †Heeracris <small>Zeuner, 1937</small>
  • †Menatacridium <small>Piton, 1936</small>
  • †Taeniopodites <small>Cockerell, 1909</small>
  • †Tyrbula <small>Scudder, 1885</small>

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