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Acrididae
Bark Mimicking Grasshopper, Coryphistes ruricola (Catantopinae)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Euarthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Caelifera
Superfamily:	Acridoidea
Family:	Acrididae MacLeay, 1819
Subfamilies
See text
Synonyms
Acridiidae MacLeay 1821

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.

Subfamilies and selected genera

Acrida cinerea (Acridinae)

Calliptamus italicus (Calliptaminae)

Egyptian grasshopper Anacridium aegyptium (Cyrtacanthacridinae)

Meadow grasshopper Chorthippus parallelus (Gomphocerinae)

Melanoplus femurrubrum (Melanoplinae)

Oedipoda caerulescens (Oedipodinae)

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

Pezotettix giornae (Pezotettiginae)

hooded grasshopper Teratodes monticollis (Teratodinae)

Rhytidochrota_risaraldae

Tropidopola cylindrica (Tropidopolinae)

The Orthoptera Species File lists the following (genera complete in subfamilies marked §):

• Subfamily Acridinae MacLeay, 1821 – worldwide: temperate and tropical
  
  
  
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    Acrida Linnaeus, 1758
  
  
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    Calephorus Fieber, 1853
  
  
  
  


• Subfamily Calliptaminae Jacobson, 1905 - Africa, Europe, Asia
  
  
  
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    Acorypha Krauss, 1877
  
  
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    Calliptamus Serville, 1831 - includes Calliptamus italicus
    
  
  
  
  


• Subfamily Catantopinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 – Africa, Asia ("spur-throated grasshoppers")
  
  
  
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    Catantops Schaum, 1853
  
  
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    Traulia Stål, 1873
  
  
  
  


• Subfamily Copiocerinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 - central & southern America
  
  
  
  • tribe Aleuasini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
  
  
  • tribe Clematodini Rehn & Eades, 1961
    
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      Clematodes Scudder, 1900
    
    
  
  
  • tribe Copiocerini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
    
    
    
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      Chlorohippus Bruner, 1911
    
    
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      Monachidium Serville, 1831
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• Subfamily Coptacrinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 Africa, Madagascar, tropical Asia
  
  
  
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    Cyphocerastis Karsch, 1891
  
  
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    Eucoptacra Bolívar, 1902
  
  
  
  


• Subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae Kirby, 1910 – worldwide ("bird grasshoppers")
  
  
  
  • Acanthacris
  
  
  • Anacridium
  
  
  • Austracris
  
  
  • Nomadacris
  
  
  • Schistocerca
  
  
  • Valanga
  
  
  
  


• Subfamily Egnatiinae Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko, 1951 - Africa to central Asia
  
  
  
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    Egnatius (genus) Stål, 1876
  
  
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    Leptoscirtus Saussure, 1888
  
  
  
  


• Subfamily Eremogryllinae Dirsh, 1956 - north Africa §
  
  
  
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    Eremogryllus Krauss, 1902
  
  
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    Notopleura Krauss, 1902
  
  
  
  


• Subfamily Euryphyminae Dirsh, 1956 - Africa including Madagascar
  
  
  
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    Acrophymus Uvarov, 1922
  
  
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    Euryphymus Stål, 1873
  
  
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    Phymeurus Giglio-Tos, 1907
  
  
  
  


• Subfamily Eyprepocnemidinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 - Africa, mainland Europe, Asia
  
  
  
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    Cataloipus Bolívar, 1890
  
  
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    Eyprepocnemis Fieber, 1853
  
  
  
  


• Subfamily Gomphocerinae Fieber, 1853 - worldwide
  
  
  
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    Achurum (sometimes placed in Acridinae)
  
  
  • Chorthippus
  
  
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    Cibolacris (sometimes placed in Oedipodinae)
  
  
  • Dociostaurus
  
  
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    Mermiria (sometimes placed in Acridinae)
  
  
  • Omocestus
  
  
  • Paragonista
  
  
  
  


• Subfamily Habrocneminae Yin, 1982 - Indo-China §
  
  
  
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    Habrocnemis Uvarov, 1930
  
  
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    Tectiacris Wei & Zheng, 2005
  
  
  
  


• Subfamily Hemiacridinae Dirsh, 1956 - Africa, Asia
  
  
  
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    Acanthoxia Bolívar, 1906
  
  
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    Hemiacris Walker, 1870
  
  
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    Hieroglyphodes Uvarov, 1922
  
  
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    Hieroglyphus Krauss, 1877
  
  
  
  


• Subfamily Leptysminae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 – central and south America


• Subfamily Marelliinae Eades, 2000 - South America §
  
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    Marellia Uvarov, 1929
  
  


• Subfamily Melanoplinae Scudder, 1897 – Americas, Eurasia
  
  
  
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    Fruhstorferiola Willemse, 1921
  
  
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    Melanoplus Stål, 1873
  
  
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    Tonkinacris Carl, 1916
  
  
  
  


• Subfamily Oedipodinae Walker, 1871 – Worldwide
  
  
  
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    Acrotylus Fieber, 1853
  
  
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    Locusta L., 1758 - the Migratory locust (monotypic)
  
  
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    Oedipoda Latreille, 1829
  
  
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    Stethophyma Fischer, 1853
  
  
  
  


• Subfamily Ommatolampidinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 - south America


• Subfamily Oxyinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
  
  
  
  • Oxya
  
  
  • Oxycrobylus
  
  
  • Praxibulus
  
  
  • Pseudoxya
  
  
  
  


• Subfamily Pauliniinae Hebard, 1923 - south America §
  
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    Paulinia Blanchard, 1843
  
  


• Subfamily Pezotettiginae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 §
  
  
  
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    Pezotettix Burmeister, 1840 - Europe and W Asia
  
  
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    Sphenophyma Uvarov, 1934 - Middle East
  
  
  
  


• Subfamily Proctolabinae Amédégnato, 1974 - central & south America


• Subfamily Rhytidochrotinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 - Panama to Brazil
  
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    Rhytidochrota Stål, 1873
  
  


• Subfamily Spathosterninae Rehn, 1957 §
  
  
  
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    Laxabilla L. smaragdina Sjöstedt, 1934 - Australia
  
  
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    Paraspathosternum Ramme, 1929 - Africa
  
  
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    Spathosternum Krauss, 1877 - Africa & Asia
  
  
  
  


• Subfamily Teratodinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 - Africa & SW Asia §
  
  
  
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    Acrostegastes Karsch, 1896
  
  
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    Esfandiaria Popov, 1951
  
  
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    Eurynotacris Ramme, 1931
  
  
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    Kabulia Ramme, 1928
  
  
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    Lyrotyloides Bei-Bienko, 1956
  
  
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    Lyrotylus Uvarov, 1923
  
  
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    Robecchia Schulthess Schindler, 1898
  
  
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    Teratodes Brullé, 1835
  
  
  
  


• Subfamily Tropidopolinae Jacobson, 1905 - Africa, S Europe, Asia
  
  
  
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    Afroxyrrhepes Uvarov, 1943
  
  
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    Tristria Stål, 1873
  
  
  
  

Tribe and Genera not placed

• • tribe Eucopiocerini Descamps, 1975 - central America


• genera not placed (February 2018):
  
  
  
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    Atopacris: A. manabiensis Amédégnato & Poulain, 1998
  
  
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    Castetsia: C. dispar Bolívar, 1902
  
  
  • †Heeracris Zeuner, 1937: †H. oeningensis (Scudder, 1895)
  
  
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    Jumandiacris: J. perlata Amédégnato & Poulain, 1998
  
  
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    Melliacris: M. sinensis Ramme, 1941
  
  
  • †Menatacridium: †M. eocenicum Piton, 1936
  
  
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    Palandella: P. cardinalis Amédégnato & Poulain, 1998
  
  
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    Pileolum: P. kirbyi Bolívar, 1917
  
  
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    Sinop (insect): S. gracilifemur Descamps, 1984
  
  
  • †Taeniopodites: †T. pardalis Cockerell, 1909
  
  
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    Tylotropidiopsis: T. abrepta Storozhenko, 1992
  
  
  • †Tyrbula Scudder, 1885: 2 †spp.
  
  
  
  

References

External links

• 
  Media related to Acrididae at Wikimedia Commons


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  Data related to Acrididae at Wikispecies


• Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0)