Acridoidea
| Acridoidea | |
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| Teratodes monticollis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Informal group: | Acridomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Acridoidea MacLeay, 1819 |
| Families | |
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12, see text | |
Acridoidea is a superfamily of grasshoppers including locusts in the order Orthoptera.
Classification
The following families are recognised: [1]
- Acrididae MacLeay, 1821
- Charilaidae Dirsh, 1953
- Dericorythidae Jacobson & Bianchi, 1902–1905
- Lathiceridae Dirsh, 1954
- Lentulidae Dirsh, 1956
- Lithidiidae Dirsh, 1961
- Ommexechidae Bolívar, 1884
- Pamphagidae Burmeister, 1840
- Pyrgacrididae Kevan, 1974
- Romaleidae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
- Tristiridae Rehn, 1906
References
Wikispecies has information related to Acridoidea.
- ^ David C. Eades; Daniel Otte. Taxa display: superfamily Acridoidea in Orthoptera Species File Online. Version 2.0/3.5.