Acridinae

The grasshopper subfamily Acridinae, sometimes called silent slant-faced grasshoppers, belong of the large family Acrididae in the Orthoptera: Caelifera.

Acridinae
Acrida sp.
Oxyolena mucronata female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Acridinae
Macleay, 1819
Tribes

See text

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
Zacompsa pedestris

The Orthoptera Species File lists the following:[2]

Acridini

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

Calephorini

Auth.: Yin, 1982; distribution: Africa, Europe, Indo-China; single genus:

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
Phlaeoba sp.

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

References
  1. Capinera, John L; Scherer, Clay Whitney; Squitier, Jason (2002). Grasshoppers of Florida. University Press of Florida. p. 27. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
  2. Orthoptera Species File (retrieved 31 March 2010)
  3. Orthoptera Species File
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