Acrididae
The Acrididae[1] 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.
| Acrididae | |
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| Bark Mimicking Grasshopper, Coryphistes ruricola (Catantopinae) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Superfamily: | Acridoidea |
| Family: | Acrididae MacLeay, 1819 |
| Subfamilies | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Acridiidae MacLeay 1821 | |
Subfamilies
Pezotettix giornae (Pezotettiginae)
Egyptian grasshopper Anacridium aegyptium (Cyrtacanthacridinae)
Caryanda spuria (Caryandinae)
Eucoptacra anguliflava female (Coptacrinae)
Eyprepocnemis plorans plorans
Rhytidochrota risaraldae
Tropidopola cylindrica (Tropidopolinae)
The Orthoptera Species File (September 2021) lists the following subfamilies of Acrididae. The number of species below is approximate, and the number of genera and species tend to change over time.
- Acridinae MacLeay, 1821 (140 genera, 470 species), Worldwide: temperate and tropical
- Calliptaminae Jacobson, 1905 (12 genera, 90 species), Africa, Europe, Asia
- Caryandinae Yin & Liu, 1987 (3 genera, 100 species), Africa, Asia
- Catantopinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (325 genera, 990 species), Africa, Asia ("spur-throated grasshoppers")
- Copiocerinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (22 genera, 90 species), Central & South America
- Coptacrinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (20 genera, 110 species), Africa, Madagascar, tropical Asia
- Cyrtacanthacridinae Kirby, 1910 (38 genera, 170 species), Worldwide ("bird grasshoppers")
- Egnatiinae Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko, 1951 (9 genera, 30 species), Africa to central Asia
- Eremogryllinae Dirsh, 1956 (2 genera, 5 species), North Africa
- Euryphyminae Dirsh, 1956 (23 genera, 80 species), Africa including Madagascar
- Eyprepocnemidinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (26 genera, 150 species), Africa, mainland Europe, Asia
- Gomphocerinae Fieber, 1853 (192 genera, 1200 species), Worldwide
- Habrocneminae Yin, 1982 (3 genera, 15 species), China, Indochina
- Hemiacridinae Dirsh, 1956 (45 genera, 180 species), Africa, Asia
- Incolacridinae Tinkham, 1940 (4 genera, 70 species), East Asia
- Leptysminae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (21 genera, 70 species), Central and South America
- Marelliinae Eades, 2000 (1 genera, 1 species), South America
- Melanoplinae Scudder, 1897 (146 genera, 1100 species), Americas, Eurasia
- Oedipodinae Walker, 1871 (138 genera, 790 species), Worldwide
- Ommatolampidinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (115 genera, 290 species), South America
- Oxyinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (33 genera, 210 species), Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Australasia
- Pauliniinae Hebard, 1923 (1 genera, 1 species), South America
- Pezotettiginae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (2 genera, 10 species), Europe, western Asia, Middle East
- Proctolabinae Amédégnato, 1974 (29 genera, 210 species), Central and South America
- Rhytidochrotinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (20 genera, 40 species), South America
- Spathosterninae Rehn, 1957 (3 genera, 12 species), Africa, Indomalaya, Australia
- Teratodinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (8 genera, 20 species), Africa, southwest Asia
- Tropidopolinae Jacobson, 1905 (13 genera, 30 species), Africa, southern Europe, Asia
- Not placed in a subfamily:
- Tribe Eucopiocerini Descamps, 1975
- Genus Atopacris Amédégnato & Poulain, 1998
- Genus Castetsia Bolívar, 1902
- Genus Jumandiacris Amédégnato & Poulain, 1998
- Genus Melliacris Ramme, 1941
- Genus Palandella Amédégnato & Poulain, 1998
- Genus Pileolum Bolívar, 1917
- Genus Tylotropidiopsis Storozhenko, 1992
- Genus †Heeracris Zeuner, 1937
- Genus †Menatacridium Piton, 1936
- Genus †Taeniopodites Cockerell, 1909
- Genus †Tyrbula Scudder, 1885
See Also
References
- MacLeay WS (1821) Horae Entomologicae or Essays on the Annulose Animals 2
External links
Media related to Acrididae at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Acrididae at Wikispecies- Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0)
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