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Acrididae

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Acrididae

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Caelifera
Superfamily:	Acridoidea
Family:	Acrididae

Genera

Subfamily: Acridinae
- Acrida
- Orthochtha
Subfamily: Calliptaminae
- Acorypha
- Calliptamus
Subfamily: Catantopinae
- Bettotania
- Catantops
- Stenocrobylus
- Striatosedulia
Subfamily: Copiocerinae
- Chlorohippus
- Monachidium
Subfamily: Coptacrinae
- Epistaurus
- Eucoptacra
Subfamily: Cyrtacanthacridinae
- Austracris
- Schistocerca
- Valanga
Subfamily: Egnatiinae
- Egnatius
- Leptoscirtus
Subfamily: Eremogryllinae
- Eremogryllus
- Notopleura
Subfamily: Euryphyminae
- Acrophymus
- Phymeurus
Subfamily: Eyprepocnemidinae
- Eyprepocnemis
- Heteracris
Subfamily: Gomphocerinae
- Dociostaurus
- Paragonista
Subfamily: Habrocneminae
- Habrocnemis
Subfamily: Hemiacridinae
- Hemiacris
- Hieroglyphodes
Subfamily: Leptysminae
Subfamily: Marelliinae
Subfamily: Melanoplinae
Subfamily: Oedipodinae
- Chortoicetes
- Locusta
- Oedipoda
Subfamily: Ommatolampinae
Subfamily: Oxyinae
- Oxya
- Oxycrobylus
- Praxibulus
Subfamily: Pauliniinae
Subfamily: Proctolabinae
Subfamily: Rhytidochrotinae
Subfamily: Spathosterninae
Subfamily: Teratodinae
Subfamily: Tropidopolinae
- Afroxyrrhepes
- Tristria

The Acrididae are a family of grasshoppers of the suborder Caelifera. The Acrididae are best known because all locusts (swarming grasshoppers) are of the Acrididae.

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Taxonomy note

Subfamily Oedipodinae is sometimes classified as family Oedipodidae, beside the Acrididae under the superfamily Acridoidea.

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