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Silent Slant-faced Grasshoppers
Acridinae
The grasshopper subfamily Acridinae, sometimes called silent slant-faced grasshoppers, belong of the large family Acrididae in the Orthoptera: Caelifera.
60 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first

Acridini
tribeAcridini

Phlaeobini
tribePhlaeobini
Hyalopterygini
tribeHyalopterygini

Truxalini
tribeTruxalini

Gymnobothrini
tribeGymnobothrini

Calephorini
tribeCalephorini

Orthochtha
genusOrthochtha

Pargaini
tribePargaini

Duronia
genusDuronia

Anaeolopus
genusAnaeolopus

Chokwea
genusChokwea

Chromacrida
genusChromacrida

Rhabdoplea
genusRhabdoplea

Sumba
genusSumba

Cohembia
genusCohembia

Lobopoma
genusLobopoma

Wellawaya
genusWellawaya

Phlocerus
genusPhlocerus

Bababuddinia
genusBababuddinia

Paralobopoma
genusParalobopoma

Urugalla
genusUrugalla
Covasacris
genusCovasacris

Parodontomelus
genusParodontomelus

Afrophlaeoba
genusAfrophlaeoba

Brachyphlaeobella
genusBrachyphlaeobella

Ocnocerus
genusOcnocerus

Conuacris
genusConuacris

Oxyolena
genusOxyolena

Sherifuria
genusSherifuria

Pseudoptygonotus
genusPseudoptygonotus
Duroniopsis
genusDuroniopsis

Pasiphimus
genusPasiphimus

Carliola
genusCarliola

Paraduronia
genusParaduronia
Weenenia
genusWeenenia
Closteridea
genusClosteridea
Aeropedelloides
genusAeropedelloides
Bambesiana
genusBambesiana
Capulica
genusCapulica
Dorsthippus
genusDorsthippus
Epacromiacris
genusEpacromiacris
Euprepoptera
genusEuprepoptera
Euthynous
genusEuthynous
Julea
genusJulea
Kaloa
genusKaloa
Lemuracris
genusLemuracris
Luzonica
genusLuzonica
Neophlaeoba
genusNeophlaeoba
Nimbacris
genusNimbacris
Palawanacris
genusPalawanacris
Pamacris
genusPamacris
Paracoryphosima
genusParacoryphosima
Paraphlaeobida
genusParaphlaeobida
Perella
genusPerella
Plagiacris
genusPlagiacris
Platyverticula
genusPlatyverticula
Pseudopargaella
genusPseudopargaella
Rugophlaeoba
genusRugophlaeoba
Shabacris
genusShabacris
Vietteacris
genusVietteacris
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Acridinae in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 371916.