Acrididea

 ( Caelifera ) 

Acrididea including the Acridomorpha Orthoptera Species File: infraorder Acrididea (Retrieved 20/7/2017) is an infraorder of insects that describe the (thus also ) and Tetrigoidea. It contains a large majority of species in the suborder Caelifera and the taxon Acridomorpha may also be used, which excludes the Tetrigoidea. Encyclopedia of Life: Acridomorpha (Retrieved 20/7/2017) Both names are derived from older texts, such as Imms,Imms AD, rev. Richards OW & Davies RG (1970) A General Textbook of Entomology 9th Ed. Methuen 886 pp. which placed the "short-horned grasshoppers" and locusts at the family level (Acrididae). The study of grasshopper species is called acridology.

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Acridomorpha The Orthoptera Species File lists the following superfamilies: most families and species belong to the Acridoidea.

• Acridoidea (MacLeay, 1821)
• Eumastacoidea Burr, 1899
• Chorotypidae Stål, 1873
• Episactidae Burr, 1899
• Eumastacidae Burr, 1899
• Euschmidtiidae Rehn, 1948
• Mastacideidae Rehn, 1948
• Morabidae Rehn, 1948
• †Promastacidae Kevan & Wighton, 1981
• Thericleidae Burr, 1899
• †Locustopsoidea Handlirsch, 1906
• †Bouretidae Martins-Neto, 2001
• †Eolocustopsidae Riek, 1976
• †Locustavidae Sharov, 1968
• †Locustopsidae Handlirsch, 1906
• Pneumoroidea Thunberg, 1810 — monotypic
• Proscopioidea Serville, 1838 — monotypic
• Pyrgomorphoidea Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874 — monotypic
• Tanaoceroidea Rehn, 1948 — monotypic
• Trigonopterygoidea Walker, 1870
• Trigonopterygidae Walker, 1870
• Xyronotidae Bolívar, 1909

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