• Source: Acridinae

The grasshopper subfamily Acridinae, sometimes called silent slant-faced grasshoppers, 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.




Tribes and genera


The Orthoptera Species File lists the following:




= Acridini

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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

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

Calephorus Fieber, 1853




= Gymnobothrini

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Auth.: Uvarov, 1953 - Africa

Brachybothrus Popov, 2019
Chirista Karsch, 1893
Comacris Bolívar, 1890
Coryphosima Karsch, 1893
Guichardippus Dirsh, 1959
Gymnobothrus Bolívar, 1889
Hulstaertia Ramme, 1931
Keya (insect) Uvarov, 1941
Malcolmburria Uvarov, 1953
Oxybothrus Uvarov, 1953
Rastafaria Ramme, 1931
Roduniella Bolívar, 1914
Tenuihippus Willemse, 1994
Zacompsa Karsch, 1893




= Hyalopterygini

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Auth.: Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893; distribution: Americas

Allotruxalis Rehn, 1944
Cocytotettix Rehn, 1906
Eutryxalis Bruner, 1900
Guaranacris Rehn, 1944
Hyalopteryx Charpentier, 1845
Metaleptea Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
Neorphula Donato, 2004
Orphula Stål, 1873
Parorphula Bruner, 1900
Paulacris Rehn, 1944




= Pargaini

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Auth.: Uvarov, 1953 - Africa

Acteana Karsch, 1896
Machaeridia Stål, 1873
Odontomelus Bolívar, 1890
Parga (insect) Walker, 1870
Phryganomelus Jago, 1983




= Phlaeobini

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Auth.: Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 - Africa, Middle East, Asia




= Truxalini

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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

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= Genera sometimes or formerly placed here

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Achurum and Mermiria (otherwise in Gomphocerinae)
Gastrimargus (otherwise in Oedipodinae).
the tribe Parapleurini (containing Stethophyma) is now placed in Oedipodinae.




References






External links


Media related to Acridinae at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Acridinae at Wikispecies

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Acantherus
• Acridinae
• Machaeridia (insect)
• List of Orthopteroid genera containing species recorded in Europe
• Hylinae
• Acrididae
• Acrida cinerea
• Euchorthippus elegantulus
• Acrida acuminata
• Amblytropidia mysteca
• Achurum minimipenne