Acrididae

Classification

Genera in Acrididae

• Melanoplus — 368 species: Melanoplus ablutus, Melanoplus acidocercus, Melanoplus acrophilus, Melanoplus adapi, Melanoplus adelogyrus, Melanoplus adox, Melanoplus aix, Melanoplus alabamae
• Chorthippus — 234 species: Chorthippus abchasicus, Chorthippus acroleucus, Chorthippus aktaci, Chorthippus alashanensis, Chorthippus albomarginatus, Chorthippus albonemus, Chorthippus almoranus, Chorthippus alticola
• Sphingonotus — 149 species: Sphingonotus africanus, Sphingonotus albipennis, Sphingonotus almeriense, Sphingonotus altayensis, Sphingonotus amplofemurus, Sphingonotus angulatus, Sphingonotus arenarius, Sphingonotus aserbeidshanicus
• Caryanda — 90 species: Caryanda albomaculata, Caryanda albufurcula, Caryanda amplexicerca, Caryanda amplipenna, Caryanda atrogeniculata, Caryanda aurata, Caryanda azurea, Caryanda badongensis
• Heteracris — 67 species: Heteracris acuticercus, Heteracris adspersa, Heteracris aethiopica, Heteracris annulosa, Heteracris antennata, Heteracris attenuata, Heteracris brevipennis, Heteracris buxtoni
• Poecilocloeus — 66 species: Poecilocloeus abditus, Poecilocloeus amazonicus, Poecilocloeus bifurcus, Poecilocloeus bolivianus, Poecilocloeus bora, Poecilocloeus bullatus, Poecilocloeus cacuminis, Poecilocloeus calcarifer
• Traulia — 56 species: Traulia affinis, Traulia angustipennis, Traulia annandalei, Traulia antennata, Traulia aphanea, Traulia aurora, Traulia azureipennis, Traulia bidentata
• Oxya — 55 species: Oxya adentata, Oxya agavisa, Oxya anagavisa, Oxya apicocingula, Oxya bicingula, Oxya bolaangensis, Oxya brachyptera, Oxya chinensis
• Trimerotropis — 53 species: Trimerotropis aberasturii, Trimerotropis agrestis, Trimerotropis albescens, Trimerotropis andeana, Trimerotropis arenacea, Trimerotropis arizonensis, Trimerotropis atacamensis, Trimerotropis barnumi
• Stenobothrus — 50 species: Stenobothrus amoenus, Stenobothrus apenninus, Stenobothrus berberus, Stenobothrus bolivarii, Stenobothrus bozcuki, Stenobothrus burri, Stenobothrus carbonarius, Stenobothrus caucasicus
• Acrotylus — 44 species: Acrotylus aberrans, Acrotylus angulatus, Acrotylus apricarius, Acrotylus azureus, Acrotylus bilobatus, Acrotylus blondeli, Acrotylus cabaceira, Acrotylus capitatus
• Sinopodisma — 44 species: Sinopodisma aurata, Sinopodisma bidenta, Sinopodisma daweishana, Sinopodisma dianxia, Sinopodisma fanjingshana, Sinopodisma formosana, Sinopodisma guizhouensis, Sinopodisma hengshanica
• Acrida — 43 species: Acrida acuminata, Acrida anatolica, Acrida bara, Acrida bhoramdevi, Acrida bicolor, Acrida cinerea, Acrida confusa, Acrida conica
• Podismopsis — 41 species: Podismopsis altaica, Podismopsis amplimedius, Podismopsis amplipennis, Podismopsis ampliradiareas, Podismopsis angustipennis, Podismopsis aquamopennis, Podismopsis bisonita, Podismopsis brachycaudata
• Eremippus — 40 species: Eremippus angulatus, Eremippus aserbeidshanicus, Eremippus barbarus, Eremippus betpakdalensis, Eremippus beybienkoi, Eremippus carinatus, Eremippus comatus, Eremippus costatus
• Propedies — 40 species: Propedies aequalis, Propedies auricularis, Propedies bilobus, Propedies bipunctatus, Propedies boliviensis, Propedies brevifacies, Propedies caliginosus, Propedies castaneum
• Schistocerca — 39 species: Schistocerca aegyptia, Schistocerca albolineata, Schistocerca alutacea, Schistocerca americana, Schistocerca beckeri, Schistocerca bivittata, Schistocerca braziliensis, Schistocerca brevis
• Oedipoda — 37 species: Oedipoda aurea, Oedipoda caerulecens, Oedipoda caerulescens, Oedipoda canariensis, Oedipoda charpentieri, Oedipoda coerulea, Oedipoda cynthiae, Oedipoda discessa
• Odontomelus — 36 species: Odontomelus afar, Odontomelus agrostoides, Odontomelus ancestrus, Odontomelus auk, Odontomelus brachypterus, Odontomelus brevipennis, Odontomelus brunneus, Odontomelus champhaiensis
• Acorypha — 33 species: Acorypha bimaculata, Acorypha brazzavillei, Acorypha burri, Acorypha clara, Acorypha concisa, Acorypha corallipes, Acorypha decisa, Acorypha dipelecia
• Euchorthippus — 33 species: Euchorthippus acarinatus, Euchorthippus albolineatus, Euchorthippus angustulus, Euchorthippus aquatilis, Euchorthippus arabicus, Euchorthippus changlingensis, Euchorthippus chenbaensis, Euchorthippus cheui
• Eyprepocnemis — 33 species: Eyprepocnemis aberrans, Eyprepocnemis abyssinica, Eyprepocnemis alacris, Eyprepocnemis bhadurii, Eyprepocnemis brachyptera, Eyprepocnemis burmana, Eyprepocnemis burtti, Eyprepocnemis calceata
• Valanga — 31 species: Valanga cheesmanae, Valanga chloropus, Valanga coerulescens, Valanga conspersa, Valanga excavata, Valanga fakfakensis, Valanga geniculata, Valanga gilbertensis
• Eucoptacra — 30 species: Eucoptacra abbreviata, Eucoptacra anguliflava, Eucoptacra basidens, Eucoptacra bicornis, Eucoptacra bidens, Eucoptacra binghami, Eucoptacra borneensis, Eucoptacra brevidens
• Paraidemona — 30 species:
• Dociostaurus — 29 species:
• Jivarus — 29 species:
• Oedaleus — 29 species:
• Pteropera — 27 species:
• Orthochtha — 26 species:
• Prumna — 26 species:
• Sphodromerus — 26 species:
• Parepistaurus — 25 species:
• Phlaeoba — 25 species:
• Rhachicreagra — 25 species:
• Truxalis — 25 species:
• Dnopherula — 24 species:
• Gastrimargus — 24 species:
• Orphulella — 24 species:
• Pseudocranae — 24 species:
• Dichroplus — 23 species:
• Aeropedellus — 22 species:
• Catantops — 22 species:
• Euloryma — 22 species:
• Heteropternis — 22 species:
• Auloserpusia — 21 species:
• Bryodema — 21 species:
• Gelastorhinus — 21 species:
• Mexitettix — 21 species:
• Podisma — 21 species:
• Duroniella — 20 species:
• Leva — 20 species:
• Megaulacobothrus — 20 species:
• Oxytauchira — 20 species:
• Phymeurus — 20 species:
• Praxibulus — 20 species:
• Sjoestedtacris — 20 species:
• Calliptamus — 19 species:
• Chrysacris — 19 species:
• Mongolotettix — 19 species:
• Silvitettix — 19 species:
• Arphia — 18 species:
• Aulacobothrus — 18 species:
• Chitaura — 18 species:
• Cranae — 18 species:
• Dellia — 18 species:
• Copiocera — 17 species:
• Eucephalacris — 17 species:
• Gymnobothrus — 17 species:
• Kingdonella — 17 species:
• Xenocatantops — 17 species:
• Parascopas — 16 species:
• Phaeocatantops — 16 species:
• Phalaca — 16 species:
• Rhammatocerus — 16 species:
• Arcyptera — 15 species:
• Brachycrotaphus — 15 species:
• Cataloipus — 15 species:
• Coptacra — 15 species:
• Pedopodisma — 15 species:
• Phaulotettix — 15 species:
• Stenocatantops — 15 species:
• Aiolopus — 14 species:
• Amblytropidia — 14 species:
• Anacridium — 14 species:
• Bibracte — 14 species:
• Bryodemella — 14 species:
• Cardeniopsis — 14 species:
• Ceracris — 14 species:
• Dendrophilacris — 14 species:
• Floritettix — 14 species:
• Hieroglyphus — 14 species:
• Meltripata — 14 species:
• Philocleon — 14 species:
• Pycnodictya — 14 species:
• Stenopola — 14 species:
• Coryphosima — 13 species:
• Eclipophleps — 13 species:
• Egnatioides — 13 species:
• Fruhstorferiola — 13 species:
• Gerenia — 13 species:
• Opiptacris — 13 species:
• Pedies — 13 species:
• Phaedrotettix — 13 species:
• Pseudoscopas — 13 species:
• Eurotettix — 12 species:
• Gonista — 12 species:
• Hilethera — 12 species:
• Myrmeleotettix — 12 species:
• Parapodisma — 12 species:
• Pterotiltus — 12 species:
• Stenocrobylus — 12 species:
• Syntomacris — 12 species:
• Tauchira — 12 species:
• Zubovskya — 12 species:
• Aptoceras — 11 species:
• Gomphocerus — 11 species:
• Leuconemacris — 11 species:
• Longzhouacris — 11 species:
• Neopedies — 11 species:

Showing the 120 genera with the most species records held.

Source and Attribution

Taxonomic rank data on this page is drawn from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, doi.org/10.15468/39omei, GBIF Secretariat, licensed CC BY 4.0. Member-species counts are counts of records held in the Sanctum species index, not a claim of completeness for the family.