Infraorder Acrididea MacLeay 1821 (grasshopper)
Alternative spellings: Acridiodea, Acridioidea, Acridodea
Parent taxon: Caelifera according to H. J. Song et al. 2020
See also Bode 1953, Gorochov 2005, Gorochov 2012, Gorochov et al. 2006, Martynov 1925, Riek 1955, Sharov 1968 and Song et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Burmecaelidae, Ochrilidia lineata, Pneumoridea, Tridactylidea
Subtaxa: Acridomorpha Tetrigoidea
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore