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Acrididae
Coryphistes ruricola.jpg
Bark Mimicking Grasshopper, Coryphistes ruricola
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Orthoptera
Suborder:
Caelifera
Superfamily:
Acridoidea
Family:
Acrididae
Cataloipus cymbiferus female2
female Cataloipus

The Acrididae are the main family of grasshoppers, with 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. However, not all Acrididae are locusts: 'locust' is a term which is only given to those grasshoppers which swarm.

Acrididae grasshoppers have relatively short and stout antennae, and drum-like tympana on the side of the first abdominal segment.

The name Acrididae is derived from Greek akris, meaning locust.

Images for kids

  • Acrididae - Calliptamus italicus

    Calliptamus italicus (Calliptaminae)

  • Acrididae - Pezotettix giornae-5

    Pezotettix giornae (Pezotettiginae)

  • Acrididae grasshopper-2

    Egyptian grasshopper Anacridium aegyptium (Cyrtacanthacridinae)

  • Caryanda spuria, Umbulharjo, 2014-04-16 12

    Caryanda spuria (Caryandinae)

  • Eucoptacra anguliflava female

    Eucoptacra anguliflava female (Coptacrinae)

  • Eyprepocnemis plorans2

    Eyprepocnemis plorans plorans

  • Rhytidochrota risaraldae

    Rhytidochrota risaraldae

  • Tropidopola cylindrica

    Tropidopola cylindrica (Tropidopolinae)

See also

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