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Short-horned Grasshoppers and Locusts
Acridoidea
Acridoidea is a superfamily in the order Orthoptera, that includes many of the grasshoppers (and which includes most locusts).
12 branches of this superfamily, most-observed first
Short-horned Grasshoppers
familyAcrididae
Lubber Grasshoppers
familyRomaleidae
Shieldback Locusts
familyPamphagidae
Ommexechidae
familyOmmexechidae
Wingless Grasshoppers
familyLentulidae
Tristiridae
familyTristiridae
Dericorythidae
familyDericorythidae
Ixalidiidae
familyIxalidiidae
Lathiceridae
familyLathiceridae
Pamphagodidae
familyPamphagodidae
Pyrgacrididae
familyPyrgacrididae
Microtmethis
genusMicrotmethis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Acridoidea in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
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 47650.