Family of grasshoppers in the suborder Caelifera
Acrididae ,[2] short-horned grasshoppers ,[3] 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, and tympana on the side of the first abdominal segment.
Subfamilies
Calliptamus italicus Calliptaminae )Pezotettix giornae Egyptian grasshopper Anacridium aegyptium Cyrtacanthacridinae ) Caryanda spuriaEucoptacra anguliflavaEyprepocnemis plorans ploransHieroglyphus daganensis Rhytidochrota risaraldae Tropidopola cylindricaTropidopolinae )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 MacLeay, 1821 (140 genera, 470 species), Worldwide: temperate and tropicalCalliptaminae Jacobson, 1905 (12 genera, 90 species), Africa, Europe, AsiaCaryandinae Yin & Liu, 1987 (3 genera, 100 species), Africa, AsiaCatantopinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (325 genera, 990 species), Africa, Asia ("spur-throated grasshoppers")Copiocerinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (22 genera, 90 species), Central & South AmericaCoptacrinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (20 genera, 110 species), Africa, Madagascar, tropical AsiaCyrtacanthacridinae Kirby, 1910 (38 genera, 170 species), Worldwide ("bird grasshoppers")Egnatiinae Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko, 1951 (30 species), Africa to central AsiaEremogryllinae Dirsh, 1956 (5 species), North Africa
Eremogryllus Krauss, 1902Notopleura (grasshopper) Krauss, 1902Euryphyminae Dirsh, 1956 (23 genera, 80 species), Africa including MadagascarEyprepocnemidinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (26 genera, 150 species), Africa, mainland Europe, AsiaGomphocerinae Fieber, 1853 (192 genera, 1200 species), WorldwideHabrocneminae Yin, 1982 (15 species), China, Indochina
Habrocnemis Longzhouacris You & Bi, 1983 - China onlyMenglacris Jiang & Zheng, 1994 (syn. Tectiacris Wei & Zheng, 2005)- ChinaHemiacridinae Dirsh, 1956 (45 genera, 180 species), Africa, AsiaIncolacridinae Tinkham, 1940 (4 genera), East AsiaLeptysminae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (21 genera, 70 species), Central and South AmericaMarelliinae Eades, 2000 (monotypic, 1 species), South America
Melanoplinae Scudder, 1897 (146 genera, 1100 species), Americas, EurasiaOedipodinae Walker, 1871 (138 genera, 790 species), WorldwideOmmatolampidinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (115 genera, 290 species), South AmericaOxyinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (33 genera, 210 species), Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, AustralasiaPauliniinae Hebard, 1923 (monotypic, 1 species), South AmericaPezotettiginae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (10 species), Europe, western Asia, Middle EastProctolabinae Amédégnato, 1974 (29 genera, 210 species), Central and South AmericaRhytidochrotinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (20 genera, 40 species), South AmericaSpathosterninae Rehn, 1957 (single tribe, currently with 3 genera and 12 species), Africa, Indomalaya , AustraliaTeratodinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (8 genera, 20 species), Africa, southwest AsiaTropidopolinae Jacobson, 1905 (13 genera, 30 species), Africa, southern Europe, AsiaTribe Eucopiocerini Descamps, 1975 - Central America Chapulacris Descamps, 1975Eucopiocera - monotypic E. rubripes Bruner, 1908Halffterina Descamps, 1975Leptalacris Descamps & Rowell, 1978 - monotypic L. fastigiata Descamps & Rowell, 1978unplaced genera (all monotypic)
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 
