Acrididae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acridoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Supercohort: Polyneoptera Ordo: Orthoptera Subordo: Caelifera Infraordo: Acrididea Superfamilia: Acridoidea

Familia: Acrididae
Subfamiliae (26): Acridinae – Calliptaminae – Catantopinae – Copiocerinae – Coptacrinae – Cyrtacanthacridinae – Egnatiinae – Eremogryllinae – Euryphyminae – Eyprepocnemidinae – Gomphocerinae – Habrocneminae – Hemiacridinae – Incolacridinae – Leptysminae – Marelliinae – Melanoplinae – Oedipodinae – Ommatolampidinae – Oxyinae – Pauliniinae – Pezotettiginae – Proctolabinae – Rhytidochrotinae – Spathosterninae – Teratodinae – Tropidopolinae

Overview of genera

Euloryma – Peripodisma – Pseudoeocyllina – Stauroderus
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Name

Acrididae MacLeay, 1821

Type genus: Acridia MacLeay, 1821 (= Acrida L.)

Synonyms

Acridiidae MacLeay, 1821

References

MacLeay, W.S. 1821. Horae Entomologicae or Essays on the Annulose Animals. Reference page.
Fontana, P., Buzzetti, F.M. & Mariño-Pérez, R. 2011. New Acrididae from Oaxaca State in Mexico (Orthoptera: Caelifera: Acrididae: Ommatolampinae, Melanoplinae). Zootaxa 2862: 39–55. Preview (PDF).
Huang, C.M. 1984. Two new genera and new species of Acrididae from Hengduan Shan. Acta entomologica sinica 27(2): 205–210. Reference page.

Links

Acrididae MacLeay, 1819 – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Acrididae – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
Acrididae Taxon details on Fauna Europaea
Acrididae - Orthoptera Species File

Vernacular names

English: grasshoppers, short-horned grasshoppers
français: Acridiens
日本語: バッタ科
polski: szarańczowate
svenska: Markgräshoppor
中文: 蝗科

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