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Acrididae  MacLeay, 1819
Taxonomic Serial No.: 102195

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): grasshoppers [English]
  
    short-horned grasshoppers [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2004   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderPolyneoptera   
                               OrderOrthoptera  – grasshoppers, locusts, criquet-locustes, locustes, sauterelles, gafanhoto, grilo, crickets, katydids  
                                  SuborderCaelifera   
                                     InfraorderAcrididea   
                                        SuperfamilyAcridoidea MacLeay, 1819  
                                           FamilyAcrididae MacLeay, 1819 – grasshoppers, short-horned grasshoppers  
    Direct Children:  
                                              SubfamilyAcridinae   
                                              SubfamilyCalliptaminae   
                                              SubfamilyCatantopinae   
                                              SubfamilyCopiocerinae   
                                              SubfamilyCoptacrinae   
                                              SubfamilyCyrtacanthacridinae   
                                              SubfamilyEgnatiinae   
                                              SubfamilyEremogryllinae   
                                              SubfamilyEuryphyminae   
                                              SubfamilyEyprepocnemidinae   
                                              SubfamilyGomphocerinae   
                                              SubfamilyHabrocneminae   
                                              SubfamilyHemiacridinae   
                                              SubfamilyLeptysminae   
                                              SubfamilyMarelliinae   
                                              SubfamilyMelanoplinae   
                                              SubfamilyOedipodinae   
                                              SubfamilyOmmatolampinae   
                                              SubfamilyOxyinae   
                                              SubfamilyPauliniinae   
                                              SubfamilyPodisminae   
                                              SubfamilyProctolabinae   
                                              SubfamilyRhytidochrotinae   
                                              SubfamilySpathosterninae   
                                              SubfamilyTeratodinae   
                                              SubfamilyTropidopolinae   
       

 References
       
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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Acrididae, short-horned grasshoppers [English]   
       
  Source: Orthoptera Species File Online, 17-Nov-2004, website (version 2.2)  
  Acquired: 2004   
  Notes: Maintained at http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org by Daniel Otte (Founder and Principal Author), David C. Eades (Principal Database Developer), and Piotr Naskrecki (Developer of OSF Online, Major Contributor), with the cooperation of The Orthopterists' Society   
  Reference for: Acrididae   
       
  Source: Stoetzel, M. B., 1989, database (version 1.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: grasshoppers[English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Otte, Daniel   
  Publication Date: 1995   
  Article/Chapter Title: Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] D   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Orthoptera Species File 5   
  Page(s): 630   
  Publisher: The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia   
  Publication Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-9640101-6-X   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Acrididae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Otte, Daniel   
  Publication Date: 1995   
  Article/Chapter Title: Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Orthoptera Species File 4   
  Page(s): 518   
  Publisher: The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia   
  Publication Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-9640101-5-1   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Acrididae   
       

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