Acridini is a

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of insects in the subfamily

Acridinae The grasshopper subfamily Acridinae, sometimes called silent slant-faced grasshoppers, belong of the large family Acrididae in the Orthoptera: Caelifera. Description In appearance, the species are often similar to those of the subfamily Gomp ...

, of the

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Acrididae and are sometimes called "silent slant-faced grasshoppers". It was firstly described as ''Truxalis Conicus'' in 1781

Description

Insects of this tribe are usually slender and like other members of the subfamily Acridinae lack stridulatory pegs and are silent.

Genera

This tribe includes several

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Australian genera; the ''Orthoptera Species File'' lists:.Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 16 December 2018)
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Caledia ''Caledia'' is a genus of silent slant-faced grasshoppers in the family Acrididae The AcrididaeMacLeay WS (1821) ''Horae Entomologicae or Essays on the Annulose Animals'' 2 are the predominant family of grasshoppers, comprising some 10,000 of t ...

'' Bolívar, 1914 (Australia) monotypic: ** ''

Caledia captiva ''Caledia captiva'', the caledia, is a species of silent slant-faced grasshopper in the family Acrididae The AcrididaeMacLeay WS (1821) ''Horae Entomologicae or Essays on the Annulose Animals'' 2 are the predominant family of grasshoppers, com ...

'' (Fabricius, 1775) * '' Calephorops'' Sjöstedt, 1920 (Australia) monotypic: ** '' Calephorops viridis'' Sjöstedt, 1920 * '' Cryptobothrus'' Rehn, 1907 (Australia, synonyms ''Austrobothrus'' Sjöstedt, 1921, ''Exobothrus'' Sjöstedt, 1936) monotypic: ** ''

Cryptobothrus chrysophorus ''Cryptobothrus'' is a genus of short-horned grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There is one described species in ''Cryptobothrus'', ''C. chrysophorus'', found in Australia. References External links

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Froggattina ''Froggattina'' is a genus of short-horned grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There is one described species in ''Froggattina'', ''F. australis''. It is found in Australia. References External links

* Acrididae {{acrididae-s ...

'' Tillyard, 1926 (Australia) monotypic: ** ''

Froggattina australis ''Froggattina'' is a genus of short-horned grasshoppers in the family Acrididae 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 ...

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Keshava (insect) Keshava ( Sanskrit: ') is an epithet of Vishnu in Hindu tradition. Keshava means Parabrahman, according to Hindu scriptures. The name appears as the 23rd and 648th names in the Vishnu Sahasranama of the Mahabharata. Keshava is also vener ...

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Keshava barnawaparensis Keshava ( Sanskrit: ') is an epithet of Vishnu in Hindu tradition. Keshava means Parabrahman, according to Hindu scriptures. The name appears as the 23rd and 648th names in the Vishnu Sahasranama of the Mahabharata. Keshava is also vener ...

'' Gupta & Chandra, 2017 ** ''

Keshava jugadensis Keshava ( Sanskrit: ') is an epithet of Vishnu in Hindu tradition. Keshava means Parabrahman, according to Hindu scriptures. The name appears as the 23rd and 648th names in the Vishnu Sahasranama of the Mahabharata. Keshava is also vener ...

'' Gupta & Chandra, 2017 ** ''

Keshava shishodensis Keshava (Sanskrit: ') is an epithet of Vishnu in Hindu tradition. Keshava means Parabrahman, according to Hindu scriptures. The name appears as the 23rd and 648th names in the Vishnu sahasranama, Vishnu Sahasranama of the Mahabharata. Keshav ...

'' Gupta & Chandra, 2017 * '' Perala'' Sjöstedt, 1921 (Australia) monotypic: ** '' Perala viridis'' Sjöstedt, 1921 * '' Rapsilla'' Sjöstedt, 1921 (Australia) monotypic: ** '' Rapsilla fusca'' Sjöstedt, 1921 * '' Schizobothrus'' Sjöstedt, 1921 (Australia) monotypic: ** ''

Schizobothrus flavovittatus ''Schizobothrus'' is a genus of short-horned grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There is one described species in ''Schizobothrus'', ''S. flavovittatus'', found in Australia. References External links

* Acrididae {{acridida ...

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References

External links

* {{taxonbar, from=Q481975 Acrididae Orthoptera tribes Taxa named by Pierre André Latreille