Acrididae
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{{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]]''
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