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Short-horned Grasshoppers
Acrididae
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 relatively short and stout antennae (so they may be called "short-horned grasshoppers"), and tympana on the side of the first abdominal segment.
36 branches of this family, most-observed first
Bandwing Grasshoppers
subfamilyOedipodinae
Spur-throated Grasshoppers
subfamilyMelanoplinae
Slant-faced Grasshoppers
subfamilyGomphocerinae
Bird Grasshoppers
subfamilyCyrtacanthacridinae
Spur-throated Grasshoppers
subfamilyCatantopinae
Silent Slant-faced Grasshoppers
subfamilyAcridinae
Calliptaminae
subfamilyCalliptaminae
Rice Grasshoppers and Allies
subfamilyOxyinae
Ommatolampidinae
subfamilyOmmatolampidinae
Eyprepocnemidinae
subfamilyEyprepocnemidinae
Pezotettiginae
subfamilyPezotettiginae
Spurthroat Toothpick Grasshoppers
subfamilyLeptysminae
Coptacrinae
subfamilyCoptacrinae
Spathosterninae
subfamilySpathosterninae
Hemiacridinae
subfamilyHemiacridinae
Proctolabinae
subfamilyProctolabinae
Rhytidochrotinae
subfamilyRhytidochrotinae
Copiocerinae
subfamilyCopiocerinae
Caryandinae
subfamilyCaryandinae
Agile Grasshoppers
subfamilyEuryphyminae
Tropidopolinae
subfamilyTropidopolinae
Pauliniinae
subfamilyPauliniinae
Teratodinae
subfamilyTeratodinae
Habrocneminae
subfamilyHabrocneminae
Incolacridinae
subfamilyIncolacridinae
Marelliinae
subfamilyMarelliinae
Eucopiocerini
tribeEucopiocerini
Palandella
genusPalandella
Egnatiinae
subfamilyEgnatiinae
Eremogryllinae
subfamilyEremogryllinae
Pileolum
genusPileolum
Jumandiacris
genusJumandiacris
Atopacris
genusAtopacris
Castetsia
genusCastetsia
Melliacris
genusMelliacris
Tylotropidiopsis
genusTylotropidiopsis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47649.