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 Caelifera are a suborder of orthopteran insects. They include the grasshoppers and grasshopper-like insects, as well as other superfamilies classified with them: the ground-hoppers (Tetrigoidea) and pygmy mole crickets ( Tridactyloidea). ...

. 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 circumstanc ...

s (swarming grasshoppers) are of the Acrididae. The subfamily Oedipodinae is sometimes classified as a distinct family Oedipodidae in the superfamily

Acridoidea Acridoidea is the largest superfamily of grasshoppers in the order Orthoptera with species found on every continent except Antarctica. Classification ''Orthoptera Species File'' includes the following families: *Acrididae MacLeay, 1821 * Derico ...

. 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 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 Gomphoc ...

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 ## ''

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'' Stål, 1878 ## ''

Lemba Lemba may refer to: * ''Lemba'' (grasshopper), a genus of insect in the subfamily Caryandinae * Lemba people, an African ethnic group in Southern Africa ;Places * Lemba, Kinshasa, a commune in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo * Lembá ...

'' Huang, 1983 (China only) #

Catantopinae The subfamily Catantopinae is a group of insects classified under family Acrididae. Genera such as '' Macrotona'' may sometimes called "spur-throated grasshoppers", but that name is also used for grasshoppers from other subfamilies, including t ...

Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (325 genera, 990 species), Africa, Asia ("spur-throated grasshoppers") # Copiocerinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (22 genera, 90 species), Central & South America #

Coptacrinae The Coptacrinae are a subfamily of Acrididae (originally described by Brunner von Wattenwyl under the synonym: Coptacrae) in the Orthoptera: Caelifera The Caelifera are a suborder of orthopteran insects. They include the grasshoppers and gr ...

Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (20 genera, 110 species), Africa, Madagascar, tropical Asia # Cyrtacanthacridinae Kirby, 1910 (38 genera, 170 species), Worldwide ("bird grasshoppers") # Egnatiinae Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko, 1951 (30 species), Africa to central Asia #

Eremogryllinae 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 ...

Dirsh, 1956 (5 species), North Africa ## '' Eremogryllus'' Krauss, 1902 ## '' Notopleura (grasshopper)'' Krauss, 1902 # Euryphyminae Dirsh, 1956 (23 genera, 80 species), Africa including Madagascar # Eyprepocnemidinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (26 genera, 150 species), Africa, mainland Europe, Asia #

Gomphocerinae Gomphocerinae, sometimes called "slant-faced grasshoppers", are a subfamily of grasshoppers found on every continent but Antarctica and Australia. Tribes and genera Tribes and genera include: Arcypterini Auth.: Bolívar, 1914 - Africa, Palearc ...

Fieber, 1853 (192 genera, 1200 species), Worldwide # Habrocneminae Yin, 1982 (15 species), China, Indochina ## '' Habrocnemis'' Uvarov, 1930 ## '' Longzhouacris'' You & Bi, 1983 - China only ## '' Menglacris'' Jiang & Zheng, 1994 (syn. ''Tectiacris'' Wei & Zheng, 2005)- China # Hemiacridinae Dirsh, 1956 (45 genera, 180 species), Africa, Asia #

Incolacridinae The Incolacridinae are a small subfamily of grasshoppers found mostly in Indochina and Malesia. Circumscription The type genus is ''Incolacris'', originally based on the tribe "Incolacri", then elevated to subfamily level by S.Y. Storozhenko ...

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 Incolacrid ...

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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 Specie ...

'' Willemse, 1933 ## ''

Incolacris ''Incolacris''Willemse C (1932) ''Ann. Soc. ent. Fr.'' 101: 150. is the type genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Incolacridinae (previously the tribe Incolacridini Tinkham, 1940). To date, species have been recorded from China, the Philippin ...

'' Willemse, 1932 ## '' Stolzia'' Willemse, 1930 # 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 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 Amédégnato, 1974 (29 genera, 210 species), Central and South America # Rhytidochrotinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (20 genera, 40 species), South America # Spathosterninae Rehn, 1957 (single tribe, currently with 3 genera and 12 species), Africa,

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, Australia # Teratodinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (8 genera, 20 species), Africa, southwest Asia # Tropidopolinae Jacobson, 1905 (13 genera, 30 species), Africa, southern Europe, Asia

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

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Subfamilies

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