The AcrididaeMacLeay WS (1821) ''Horae Entomologicae or Essays on the Annulose Animals'' 2 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

locust Locusts (derived from the Vulgar Latin ''locusta'', meaning grasshopper) are various species of short-horned grasshoppers in the family Acrididae that have a swarming phase. These insects are usually solitary, but under certain circumst ...

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

Subfamilies

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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 ## '' Caryanda'' Stål, 1878 ## '' Cercina'' Stål, 1878 ## '' Lemba'' Huang, 1983 (China only) # Catantopinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (325 genera, 990 species), Africa, Asia ("spur-throated grasshoppers") #

Copiocerinae Copiocerinae is a subfamily of short-horned grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least 20 genera in Copiocerinae, found in southern North America, Central America, and South America. Tribes and Genera There are three tribes in Cop ...

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 The Cyrtacanthacridinae are a subfamily of Orthoptera: Caelifera in the family Acrididae. They are sometimes referred-to as bird locusts, ''criquets voyageurs'' in French-speaking Africa, and ''Knarrschrecken'' in German. It includes species o ...

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) ''Notopleura'' may refer to: * ''Notopleura'' (plant), a genus of Neotropical plants in the family Rubiaceae * ''Notopleura'' (grasshopper), a genus of North African, Eremogrylline grasshoppers Grasshoppers are a group of insects belong ...

'' Krauss, 1902 #

Euryphyminae The Euryphyminae are a subfamily of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae, based on the type genus ''Euryphymus'' and may be called "agile grasshoppers"; it was erected by Vitaly Michailovitsh Dirsh in 1956. Species have been recorded from parts ...

Dirsh, 1956 (23 genera, 80 species), Africa including Madagascar #

Eyprepocnemidinae The Eyprepocnemidinae are a subfamily of Acrididae (originally described by Brunner von Wattenwyl under the synonym: Euprepocnemes) in the Orthoptera: Caelifera. Species can be found in Africa, mainland Europe and Asia. Genera The ''Orthoptera ...

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 ''Habrocnemis''Uvarov BP (1930) ''Ann. Mag. nat. Hist.'' 10 5: 253. is a genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Habrocneminae with species found in South-East Asia. Species The ''Orthoptera Species File'' lists: #'' Habrocnemis shanensis'' Uva ...

'' 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. S ...

Dirsh, 1956 (45 genera, 180 species), Africa, Asia # Incolacridinae Tinkham, 1940 (70 species), East Asia ## ''

Asymmetritania ''Asymmetritania''Storozhenko SY (2021) On the exact position of the tribe Incolacridini in the modern classification of grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae). ''Zootaxa'' 4970(1): 113DOI/ref> is a genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Incolacr ...

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Bettotania ''Bettotania''Willemse C (1933) ''Natuurh. Maandbl.'' 22: 75. is a genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Incolacridinae, not assigned to any tribe. Species have been recorded from Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo. Species The ''Orthoptera Spe ...

'' Willemse, 1933 ## '' Incolacris'' Willemse, 1932 ## '' Stolzia'' Willemse, 1930 #

Leptysminae Leptysminae is a subfamily of spur-throat toothpick grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least 20 genera in Leptysminae, found in North, Central, and South America. Genera These 21 genera belong to the subfamily 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 ProctolabinaeAmédégnato (1974) ''Acrida'' 3(3): 196, 200. is a subfamily of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are more than 20 genera and 210 described species which are found in South America. Genera The following genera, in 2 tribe ...

Amédégnato, 1974 (29 genera, 210 species), Central and South America #

Rhytidochrotinae Rhytidochrotinae is a subfamily of grasshoppers from the family Acrididae with 20 genera and 47 species. This group is found from southern Central America to northern South America (Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), ...

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 In ...

, Australia #

Teratodinae Teratodinae is a subfamily of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are about 8 genera and more than 20 described species, found in East Africa and South-West Asia. Genera These eight genera belong to the subfamily Teratodinae: * ''Acroste ...

Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (8 genera, 20 species), Africa, southwest Asia #

Tropidopolinae The Tropidopolinae are a subfamily of Acrididae in the Orthoptera Orthoptera () is an order of insects that comprises the grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets, including closely related insects, such as the bush crickets or katydids and wēt ...

Jacobson, 1905 (13 genera, 30 species), Africa, southern Europe, Asia

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Eucopiocerini The AcrididaeMacLeay WS (1821) ''Horae Entomologicae or Essays on the Annulose Animals'' 2 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 be ...

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: #'' Atopacris'' Amédégnato & Poulain, 1998 #'' Castetsia'' Bolívar, 1902 #'' Jumandiacris'' Amédégnato & Poulain, 1998 #'' Melliacris'' Ramme, 1941 #'' Palandella'' Amédégnato & Poulain, 1998 #'' Pileolum'' Bolívar, 1917 #''

Tylotropidiopsis ''Tylotropidiopsis'' is a monotypic genus of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae, containing the species ''Tylotropidiopsis abrepta'', which is endemic to Vietnam. The ''Orthoptera Species File'' does not include this genus in any subfamily, ...

'' Storozhenko, 1992 #†'' Heeracris'' Zeuner, 1937 #†'' Menatacridium'' Piton, 1936 #†'' Taeniopodites'' Cockerell, 1909 #†'' Tyrbula'' Scudder, 1885

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