Acrididae

Acrididae, commonly called short-horned grasshoppers, 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, and tympana on the side of the first abdominal segment.
Subfamilies
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 tropical
Calliptaminae Jacobson, 1905 (12 genera, 90 species), Africa, Europe, Asia
Caryandinae Yin & Liu, 1987 (3 genera, 100 species), Africa, Asia
Catantopinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (325 genera, 990 species), Africa, Asia ("spur-throated grasshoppers")
Copiocerinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (22 genera, 90 species), Central & South America
Coptacrinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (20 genera, 110 species), Africa, Madagascar, tropical Asia
Cyrtacanthacridinae Kirby, 1910 (38 genera, 170 species), Worldwide ("bird grasshoppers")
Egnatiinae Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko, 1951 (30 species), Africa to central Asia
Eremogryllinae Dirsh, 1956 (5 species), North Africa
Eremogryllus Krauss, 1902
Notopleura (grasshopper) Krauss, 1902
Euryphyminae Dirsh, 1956 (23 genera, 80 species), Africa including Madagascar
Eyprepocnemidinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (26 genera, 150 species), Africa, mainland Europe, Asia
Gomphocerinae Fieber, 1853 (192 genera, 1200 species), Worldwide
Habrocneminae Yin, 1982 (15 species), China, Indochina
Habrocnemis Uvarov, 1930
Longzhouacris You & Bi, 1983 - China only
Menglacris Jiang & Zheng, 1994 (syn. Tectiacris Wei & Zheng, 2005)- China
Hemiacridinae Dirsh, 1956 (45 genera, 180 species), Africa, Asia
Incolacridinae Tinkham, 1940 (4 genera), East Asia
Leptysminae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (21 genera, 70 species), Central and South America
Marelliinae Eades, 2000 (monotypic, 1 species), South America
Marellia Uvarov, 1929
Melanoplinae Scudder, 1897 (146 genera, 1100 species), Americas, Eurasia
Oedipodinae Walker, 1871 (138 genera, 790 species), Worldwide
Ommatolampidinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (115 genera, 290 species), South America
Oxyinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (33 genera, 210 species), Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Australasia
Pauliniinae Hebard, 1923 (monotypic, 1 species), South America
Pezotettiginae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (10 species), Europe, western Asia, Middle East
Proctolabinae Amédégnato, 1974 (29 genera, 210 species), Central and South America
Rhytidochrotinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (20 genera, 40 species), South America
Spathosterninae Rehn, 1957 (single tribe, currently with 3 genera and 12 species), Africa, Indomalaya, Australia
Teratodinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (8 genera, 20 species), Africa, southwest Asia
Tropidopolinae Jacobson, 1905 (13 genera, 30 species), Africa, southern Europe, Asia
incertae sedis
Tribe Eucopiocerini Descamps, 1975 - Central America
Chapulacris Descamps, 1975
Eucopiocera - monotypic E. rubripes Bruner, 1908
Halffterina Descamps, 1975
Leptalacris Descamps & Rowell, 1978 - monotypic L. fastigiata Descamps & Rowell, 1978
unplaced genera:
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
See also
List of Acrididae genera
List of Orthopteroid genera containing species recorded in Europe
References
External links
Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0)
Orthoptera families
Taxa named by William Sharp Macleay