Acrididae

Acrididae
Bark Mimicking Grasshopper, Coryphistes ruricola
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Caelifera
Superfamily:	Acridoidea
Family:	Acrididae MacLeay, 1819
Subfamilies
About 25, see text
Synonyms
Acridiidae MacLeay 1821

The 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, and tympana on the side of the first abdominal segment.

The name Acrididae is derived from Greek akris, meaning locust.

Subfamilies and selected genera

Egyptian grasshopper (Anacridium aegyptum, Cyrtacanthacridinae)

Adult female (left) and male Oxya yezoensis (Oxyinae: Oxyini)

File:Hooded Grasshopper (Teratodus monticollis) W IMG 0525.jpg

hooded grasshopper (Teratodus monticollis)

• Subfamily Acridinae – silent slant-faced grasshoppers
• Subfamily Calliptaminae
• Subfamily Catantopinae – spur-throated grasshoppers
• Subfamily Chondracris
• Subfamily Copiocerinae
  • Chlorohippus
  • Monachidium
• Subfamily Coptacrinae
  • Epistaurus
  • Eucoptacra
• Subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae – bird grasshoppers
  • Acanthacris
  • Austracris
  • Nomadacris
  • Schistocerca
  • Valanga
• Subfamily Egnatiinae
  • Egnatius
  • Leptoscirtus
• Subfamily Eremogryllinae
  • Eremogryllus
  • Notopleura
• Subfamily Euryphyminae
  • Acrophymus
  • Phymeurus
• Subfamily Eyprepocnemidinae
  • Eyprepocnemis
  • Heteracris
• Subfamily Gomphocerinae – slant-faced grasshoppers
  • Achurum (sometimes placed in Acridinae)
  • Chorthippus
  • Cibolacris (sometimes placed in Oedipodinae)
  • Dociostaurus
  • Mermiria (sometimes placed in Acridinae)
  • Omocestus
  • Paragonista
• Subfamily Habrocneminae
  • Habrocnemis
• Subfamily Hemiacridinae
  • Acanthoxia
  • Hemiacris
  • Hieroglyphodes
• Subfamily Leptysminae – spur-throat toothpick grasshoppers
• Subfamily Marelliinae
• Subfamily Melanoplinae – spur-throated grasshoppers
• Subfamily Oedipodinae – band-winged grasshoppers
• Subfamily Ommatolampinae
• Subfamily Oxyinae
  • Oxya
  • Oxycrobylus
  • Praxibulus
  • Pseudoxya
• Subfamily Pauliniinae
• Subfamily Proctolabinae
• Subfamily Rhytidochrotinae
• Subfamily Romaleinae – lubber grasshoppers
• Subfamily Spathosterninae
• Subfamily Teratodinae
• Subfamily Tropidopolinae
  • Afroxyrrhepes
  • Tristria

References

• David C. Eades; Daniel Otte. Taxa display: family Acrididae in Ortoptera Species File Online. Version 2.0/3.5.