Acrididea | |
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Teratodes monticollis (Acrididae) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Caelifera |
Infraorder: | Acrididea MacLeay, 1821[1][2] |
Superfamily group and superfamily | |
Acrididea including the Acridomorpha[3] is an infraorder of insects that describe the grasshoppers (thus also locusts) and ground-hoppers. It contains a large majority of species in the suborder Caelifera and the taxon Acridomorpha may also be used, which excludes the Tetrigoidea.[4] Both names are derived from older texts, such as Imms,[5] which placed the "short-horned grasshoppers" and locusts at the family level (Acrididae). The study of grasshopper species is called acridology.
The Orthoptera Species File lists the following superfamilies: most families and species belong to the Acridoidea.
Wikidata ☰ Q20857752 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrididea.
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