Acrididae

The Acrididae 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 antennae relatively short and stout, and tympana on the side of the first abdominal segment.

Subfamilies and selected genera

Subfamily Acridinae – silent slant-faced grasshoppers
Subfamily Calliptaminae
Subfamily Catantopinae
Subfamily Copiocerinae
Chlorohippus
Monachidium
Subfamily Coptacrinae
Epistaurus
Eucoptacra
Subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae
Acanthacris
Austracris
Nomadacris
Schistocerca
Valanga
Subfamily Egnatiinae
Egnatius
Leptoscirtus
Subfamily Eremogryllinae
Eremogryllus
Notopleura
Subfamily Euryphyminae
Acrophymus
Phymeurus
Subfamily Eyprepocnemidinae
Eyprepocnemis
Heteracris
Subfamily Gomphocerinae
Achurum (sometimes placed in Acridinae)
Chorthippus
Cibolacris (sometimes placed in Oedipodinae)
Dociostaurus
Mermiria (sometimes placed in Acridinae)
Omocestus
Paragonista
Subfamily Habrocneminae
Habrocnemis
Subfamily Hemiacridinae
Hemiacris
Hieroglyphodes
Subfamily Leptysminae
Subfamily Marelliinae
Subfamily Melanoplinae
Subfamily Oedipodinae – band-winged grasshoppers
Subfamily Ommatolampinae
Subfamily Oxyinae
Oxya
Oxycrobylus
Praxibulus
Subfamily Pauliniinae
Subfamily Proctolabinae
Subfamily Rhytidochrotinae
Subfamily Spathosterninae
Subfamily Teratodinae
Subfamily Tropidopolinae
Afroxyrrhepes
Tristria

Translation

The word "Acrididae" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Turkish.

Translation(s) in other languages: Korean: 메뚜기, Lithuanian: Tikrieji skėriai, Dutch: Veldsprinkhanen, Japanese: バッタ科, Polish: Szarańczowate, Swedish: Markgräshoppor, Chinese: 蝗科.