Acrididae are the predominant family of

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s, comprising some 10,000 of the 11,000 species of the entire suborder

Caelifera The Caelifera are a suborder of orthopteran insects. They include the grasshoppers and grasshopper-like insects, as well as other superfamilies classified with them: the ground-hoppers ( Tetrigoidea) and pygmy mole crickets ( Tridactyloidea). ...

. The Acrididae are best known because all

locust Locusts (derived from the Latin ''locusta'', locust or lobster) are various species of short-horned grasshoppers in the family Acrididae that have a swarming phase. These insects are usually solitary, but under certain circumstances they b ...

s (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"Borror, Donald J. and Richard E. White. ''A Field Guide to the Insects of America North of Mexico.'' Houghton Mifflin, Boston: 1970. p. 78), 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 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 The Coptacrinae are a subfamily of Acrididae (originally described by Brunner von Wattenwyl under the synonym: Coptacrae) in the Orthoptera: Caelifera. Species can be found in Africa and Asia. Genera The Orthoptera Species File lists the foll ...

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 (30 species), Africa to central Asia * Eremogryllinae Dirsh, 1956 (5 species), North Africa ** '' Eremogryllus'' Krauss, 1902 ** '' Notopleura (grasshopper)'' Krauss, 1902 * 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 (15 species), China, Indochina ** '' Habrocnemis'' Uvarov, 1930 ** '' Longzhouacris'' You & Bi, 1983 - China only ** '' Menglacris'' Jiang & Zheng, 1994 (syn. ''Tectiacris'' Wei & Zheng, 2005)- China *

Hemiacridinae The HemiacridinaeDirsh VM (1956) The phallic complex in Acridoidea (Orthoptera) in relation to taxonomy. ''Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London'' 108 223-356. are a subfamily of Acrididae in the Orthoptera: Caelifera. Sp ...

Dirsh, 1956 (45 genera, 180 species), Africa, Asia * Incolacridinae Tinkham, 1940 (4 genera), East Asia * Leptysminae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (21 genera, 70 species), Central and South America * Marelliinae Eades, 2000 (monotypic, 1 species), South America ** '' Marellia'' Uvarov, 1929 *

Melanoplinae The Melanoplinae are a subfamily of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. They are distributed across the Holarctic and Neotropical realms. They are one of the two largest subfamilies in the Acrididae. As of 2001 the Melanoplinae contained over 8 ...

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 (monotypic, 1 species), South America * Pezotettiginae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (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 (single tribe, currently with 3 genera and 12 species), Africa,

Indomalaya The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia. Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Ind ...

, Australia * Teratodinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (8 genera, 20 species), Africa, southwest Asia * Tropidopolinae Jacobson, 1905 (13 genera, 30 species), Africa, southern Europe, Asia

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

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Subfamilies

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