Acrididea | |
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Teratodes monticollis ( Acrididae) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Caelifera |
Infraorder: |
Acrididea MacLeay, 1821 [1] [2] |
Superfamily group and superfamily | |
Acrididea including the Acridomorpha [3] 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. [4] Both names are derived from older texts, such as Imms, [5] which placed the "short-horned grasshoppers" and locusts at the family level ( Acrididae). The study of grasshopper species is called acridology.
The Orthoptera Species File lists the following superfamilies: most families and species belong to the Acridoidea.
Acrididea | |
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Teratodes monticollis ( Acrididae) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Caelifera |
Infraorder: |
Acrididea MacLeay, 1821 [1] [2] |
Superfamily group and superfamily | |
Acrididea including the Acridomorpha [3] 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. [4] Both names are derived from older texts, such as Imms, [5] which placed the "short-horned grasshoppers" and locusts at the family level ( Acrididae). The study of grasshopper species is called acridology.
The Orthoptera Species File lists the following superfamilies: most families and species belong to the Acridoidea.