Acrididae 1027167 194866678 2008-02-29T10:18:11Z The cattr 2088984 {{Taxobox | name = Acrididae | image = Omocestus rufipes female.jpg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = Woodland grasshopper, ''[[Omocestus rufipes]]'' | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Arthropod]]a | classis = [[Insect]]a | ordo = [[Orthoptera]] | subordo = [[Grasshopper|Caelifera]] | superfamilia = [[Acridoidea]] | familia = '''Acrididae''' | familia_authority = [[William Sharp Macleay|MacLeay]], 1819 | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = ''See text'' }} The '''Acrididae''' are the predominant family of [[grasshopper]]s, comprising some 10,000 of the 11,000 species of the entire suborder [[Caelifera]]. The Acrididae are best known because all [[locust]]s (swarming grasshoppers) are of the Acrididae. The subfamily [[Oedipodinae]] is sometimes classified as the family [[Oedipodidae]], in the superfamily [[Acridoidea]]. Acrididae grasshoppers are characterized by antennae relatively short and stout, and tympana on the side of the first abdominal segment. ==Gallery== <gallery> Image:SGR laying.jpg|Desert locust, ''[[Schistocerca gregaria]]'', laying eggs Image:Coryphistes ruricola.jpg|Bark mimicking grasshopper, ''[[Coryphistes ruricola]]'', so named because of its ability to mimic the bark of the Mexican Chihuahua Image:Acrididae grasshopper-2.jpg|Egyptian grasshopper, ''[[Anacridium aegyptum]]'' </gallery> ==Classification== *Subfamily: [[Acridinae]] **''[[Acrida]]'' **''[[Orthochtha]]'' *Subfamily: [[Calliptaminae]] **''[[Acorypha]]'' **''[[Calliptamus]]'' *Subfamily: [[Catantopinae]] **''[[Bettotania]]'' **''[[Catantops]]'' **''[[Stenocrobylus]]'' **''[[Striatosedulia]]'' *Subfamily: [[Copiocerinae]] **''[[Chlorohippus]]'' **''[[Monachidium]]'' *Subfamily: [[Coptacrinae]] **''[[Epistaurus]]'' **''[[Eucoptacra]]'' *Subfamily: [[Cyrtacanthacridinae]] **''[[Acanthacris]]'' **''[[Austracris]]'' **''[[Nomadacris]]'' **''[[Schistocerca]]'' **''[[Valanga]]'' *Subfamily: [[Egnatiinae]] **''[[Egnatius (grasshopper)|Egnatius]]'' **''[[Leptoscirtus]]'' *Subfamily: [[Eremogryllinae]] **''[[Eremogryllus]]'' **''[[Notopleura]]'' *Subfamily: [[Euryphyminae]] **''[[Acrophymus]]'' **''[[Phymeurus]]'' *Subfamily: [[Eyprepocnemidinae]] **''[[Eyprepocnemis]]'' **''[[Heteracris]]'' *Subfamily: [[Gomphocerinae]] **''[[Chorthippus]]'' **''[[Dociostaurus]]'' **''[[Paragonista]]'' *Subfamily: [[Habrocneminae]] **''[[Habrocnemis]]'' *Subfamily: [[Hemiacridinae]] **''[[Hemiacris]]'' **''[[Hieroglyphodes]]'' *Subfamily: [[Leptysminae]] *Subfamily: [[Marelliinae]] *Subfamily: [[Melanoplinae]] *Subfamily: [[Oedipodinae]] **''[[Chortoicetes]]'' **''[[Migratory locust|Locusta]]''{{Verify source|date=November 2007}}<!-- check link - "Locusta" has no redirect to genus at present; monotypi? --> **''[[Oedipoda]]'' *Subfamily: [[Ommatolampinae]] *Subfamily: [[Oxyinae]] **''[[Oxya]]'' **''[[Oxycrobylus]]'' **''[[Praxibulus]]'' *Subfamily: [[Pauliniinae]] *Subfamily: [[Proctolabinae]] *Subfamily: [[Rhytidochrotinae]] *Subfamily: [[Spathosterninae]] *Subfamily: [[Teratodinae]] *Subfamily: [[Tropidopolinae]] **''[[Afroxyrrhepes]]'' **''[[Tristria]]'' {{commonscat|Acrididae}} {{wikispecies|Acrididae}} {{Orthoptera-stub}} [[Category:Grasshoppers]] [[es:Acrididae]] [[fr:Acrididae]] [[ja:バッタ]] [[ko:메뚜기과]] [[lt:Tikrieji skėriai]] [[nl:Veldsprinkhanen]] [[pl:Szarańczowate]] [[pt:Acrididae]] [[tr:Acrididae]] [[zh:蝗科]]