Acridinae
| Acridinae | |
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| Acrida sp. | |
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| Oxyolena mucronata female | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Subfamily: | Acridinae Macleay, 1819 |
| Tribes | |
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The grasshopper subfamily Acridinae, sometimes called silent slant-faced grasshoppers[citation needed], belong of the large family Acrididae in the Orthoptera: Caelifera.
Description
In appearance, the species are often similar to those of the subfamily Gomphocerinae, with whom they share a slanted face. However Acridinae differ from Gomphocerinae in that they lack stridulatory pegs on their hind legs and thus, as the common name suggests, do not make sounds. The antennae of this species is flattened and sword-like, a trait also shared with some gomphocerines and also with the spurthroated grasshoppers (subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae). They lack the posternal spine seen in the spurthroated grasshoppers and lubber grasshoppers (subfamily Romaleinae). Hind wings in this species range from nearly colorless to colorless.[1]
Tribes and genera
The Orthoptera Species File lists the following:[2]
Auth.: MacLeay, 1821; distribution: widespread in warmer parts of the Old World & Australasia
(partial list):
- Acrida Linnaeus, 1758
- Acridarachnea Bolívar, I., 1908
- Cryptobothrus Rehn, 1907
- Keshava (insect) Gupta & Chandra, 2017
Auth.: Yin, 1982; distribution: Africa, Europe, Indo-China; single genus:
- Calephorus Fieber, 1853
Hyalopterygini
Auth.: Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893; distribution: Americas
- Guaranacris Rehn, 1944
- Hyalopteryx Charpentier, 1843
- Metaleptea Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
- Neorphula Donato, 2004
- Orphula Stål, 1873
- Parorphula Bruner, 1900
- Paulacris Rehn, 1944
Phlaeobini
Auth.: Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
- Holopercna Karsch, 1891
- Leopardia Baccetti, 1985
- Oxyphlaeobella Ramme, 1941
- Phlaeoba Stål, 1861
- Phlaeobacris Willemse, 1932
- Phlaeobella Ramme, 1941
- Phlaeobida Bolívar, 1902
- Pseudophlaeoba Bolívar, 1914
- Pyrgophlaeoba Miller, 1929
- Sikkimiana Uvarov, 1940
- Sinophlaeoba Niu & Zheng, 2005
- Sinophlaeobida Yin & Yin, 2007
- Xerophlaeoba Uvarov, 1936
Truxalini
Auth.: Serville, 1838
- Acridarachnea - monotypic A. ophthalmica Bolívar, 1908
- Chromotruxalis Dirsh, 1950
- Oxytruxalis Dirsh, 1950
- Truxalis Fabricius, 1775
- Truxaloides Dirsh, 1950
- Xenotruxalis Dirsh, 1950 - monotypic X. fenestrata (Ramme, 1929)
Genera incertae sedis
Genera sometimes or formerly placed here
- Achurum and Mermiria (otherwise in Gomphocerinae)
- Gastrimargus (otherwise in Oedipodinae).
- the tribe Parapleurini (containing Stethophyma) is now placed in Oedipodinae.[3]
References
- ^ Capinera, John L; Scherer, Clay Whitney; Squitier, Jason (2002). Grasshoppers of Florida. University Press of Florida. p. 27. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
- ^ Orthoptera Species File (retrieved 31 March 2010)
- ^ Orthoptera Species File
