Acrididea including the AcridomorphaOrthoptera Species File: infraorder Acrididea (Retrieved 20/7/2017) is an infraorder of insects that describe the grasshoppers (thus also locusts) and ground-hoppers. 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.
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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