Acrididae
Acrididae are the predominant family of grasshoppers, comprising some 10,000 of the 11,000 species of the entire suborder Caelifera. The Acrididae are best known because all locusts are of the Acrididae. The subfamily Oedipodinae is sometimes classified as a distinct family Oedipodidae in the superfamily Acridoidea. Acrididae grasshoppers are characterized by relatively short and stout antennae, and tympana on the side of the first abdominal segment.
Subfamilies
The Orthoptera Species File lists the following subfamilies of Acrididae. The numbers of genera and species are approximate and may change over time.- Acridinae MacLeay, 1821, Worldwide: temperate and tropical
- Calliptaminae Jacobson, 1905, Africa, Europe, Asia
- Caryandinae Yin & Liu, 1987, Africa, Asia
- Catantopinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893, Africa, Asia
- Copiocerinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893, Central & South America
- Coptacrinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893, Africa, Madagascar, tropical Asia
- Cyrtacanthacridinae Kirby, 1910, Worldwide
- Egnatiinae Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko, 1951, Africa to central Asia
- Eremogryllinae Dirsh, 1956, North Africa
- * Eremogryllus Krauss, 1902
- * Notopleura (grasshopper) Krauss, 1902
- Euryphyminae Dirsh, 1956, Africa including Madagascar
- Eyprepocnemidinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893, Africa, mainland Europe, Asia
- Gomphocerinae Fieber, 1853, Worldwide
- Habrocneminae Yin, 1982, China, Indochina
- * Habrocnemis Uvarov, 1930
- * Longzhouacris You & Bi, 1983 - China only
- * Menglacris Jiang & Zheng, 1994 - China
- Hemiacridinae Dirsh, 1956, Africa, Asia
- Incolacridinae Tinkham, 1940, East Asia
- Leptysminae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893, Central and South America
- Marelliinae Eades, 2000, South America
- * Marellia Uvarov, 1929
- Melanoplinae Scudder, 1897, Americas, Eurasia
- Oedipodinae Walker, 1871, Worldwide
- Ommatolampidinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893, South America
- Oxyinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893, Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Australasia
- Pauliniinae Hebard, 1923, South America
- Pezotettiginae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893, Europe, western Asia, Middle East
- Proctolabinae Amédégnato, 1974, Central and South America
- Rhytidochrotinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893, South America
- Spathosterninae Rehn, 1957, Africa, Indomalaya, Australia
- Teratodinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893, Africa, southwest Asia
- Tropidopolinae Jacobson, 1905, Africa, southern Europe, Asia
''[incertae sedis]''
;Tribe Eucopiocerini Descamps, 1975 - Central America- Chapulacris Descamps, 1975
- Eucopiocera - monotypic E. rubripes Bruner, 1908
- Halffterina Descamps, 1975
- Leptalacris Descamps & Rowell, 1978 - monotypic L. fastigiata Descamps & Rowell, 1978
- Atopacris Amédégnato & Poulain, 1998
- Castetsia Bolívar, 1902
- Jumandiacris Amédégnato & Poulain, 1998
- Melliacris Ramme, 1941
- Palandella Amédégnato & Poulain, 1998
- Pileolum Bolívar, 1917
- Tylotropidiopsis Storozhenko, 1992
- †Heeracris Zeuner, 1937
- †Menatacridium Piton, 1936
- †Taeniopodites Cockerell, 1909
- †Tyrbula Scudder, 1885