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Acridoidea
Taxonomy
Acridoidea was named by Latreille (1802). It is extant.
It was assigned to Acridomorpha by Song et al. (2015) and Song et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Acridomorpha by Song et al. (2015) and Song et al. (2020).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1802 | Acridoidea Latreille p. 280 |
2015 | Acridoidea Song et al. |
2020 | Acridoidea Song et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Superfm. Acridoidea Latreille 1802
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Fm. Acrididae Latreille 1802 [short-horned grasshopper]
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Subfm. Acridinae Latreille 1802 [slant-faced grasshopper]
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Invalid names: Acridini Latreille 1802 [empty]
Subfm. Catantopinae Brunner von Wattenwyl 1893 [spur-throated grasshopper]
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Tr. Catantopini Brunner von Wattenwyl 1893
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Tr. Euprepocnemini
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Invalid names: Oedipoda imperialis Pongrácz 1928 [nomen dubium], Oedipoda melanosticta Charpentier 1843 [nomen dubium]
Invalid names: Euthymiini [empty], Protocatantops miocaenicus Zeuner 1931 [nomen dubium]
Subfm. Cyrtacanthacridinae Kirby 1902 [spur-throated grasshopper]
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Subfm. Gomphocerinae Fieber 1853
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Tr. Chrysochraontini Brunner von Wattenwyl 1893
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G. Podismopsis Zubowsky 1900
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Podismopsis gracilis Fischer-Waldheim 1846
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Invalid names: Podismopsis altaica Zubowsky 1900 [synonym]
Invalid names: Monopterus Fischer von Waldheim 1846 [replaced]
Tr. Gomphocerini Fieber 1853
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G. Chorthippus Fieber 1852
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†Chorthippus angulatus Tarbinsky 1927
Chorthippus mollis Charpentier 1825
Chorthippus parallelus Zetterstedt 1821
G. Gomphocerus Thunberg 1815
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Gomphocerus sibiricus Linnaeus 1767
Invalid names: Aeropus Gistel 1848 [objective synonym]
Subfm. Melanoplinae Scudder 1897
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Tr. Melanoplini Scudder 1897
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G. Melanoplus Stal 1873
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Melanoplus differentialis Thomas 1865
Melanoplus frigidus Boheman 1846 [narrow-winged locust]
†Melanoplus spretus Walsh 1866 [Rocky Mountain locust]
Tr. Podismini Jacobson 1905
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Subfm. Oedipodinae Walker 1871 [band-winged grasshopper]
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G. Chimarocephala Scudder 1875
Invalid names: Gryllacris kittli Handlirsch 1907 [nomen dubium], Oedipoda nigrofasciolata Heer 1849 [nomen dubium]
Invalid names: Acrydium barthelemyi Hope 1848 [nomen dubium], Gomphocerus abstrusus Scudder 1890 [nomen dubium], Gomphocerus femoralis Heer 1849 [nomen dubium], Nanthacia Scudder 1890 [nomen dubium], Nanthacia torpida Scudder 1890 [nomen dubium], Oedipoda germari Heer 1864 [nomen dubium], Oedipoda haidingeri Heer 1864 [nomen dubium], Oedipoda longipennis Pongrácz 1928 [nomen dubium], Oedipoda oeningensis Heer 1849 [nomen dubium], Oedipoda partschi Pongrácz 1928 [nomen dubium], Oedipoda praefocata Scudder 1890 [nomen dubium], Oedipoda pulchra Pongrácz 1928 [nomen dubium], Oedipoda saussurei Theobald 1937 [nomen dubium], Orthacanthacris lineata Theobald 1937 [nomen dubium], Pardalophora hungarica Pongrácz 1928 [nomen dubium], Tryxalis kudiana Cockerell 1927 [nomen dubium], Tyrbula scudderi Cockerell 1914 [nomen dubium]
Fm. Pamphagidae Stal 1873 [toad grasshopper]
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Fm. Romaleidae Pictet and Saussure 1887 [lubber grasshopper]
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Subfm. Romaleinae Pictet and Saussure 1887
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Reference: Tillyard 1921 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Toarcian to the top of the Holocene or 183.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 182.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 182.0 Ma
Collections (55 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Early/Lower Toarcian | Germany (Niedersachsen) | Acridiopsis spoliata (107558) | |
Selandian | France (Auvergne) | Acrididae indet. (113750) Oedipoda indet. (113685) | |
Lutetian | Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) | Acrididae indet. (13322) | |
Priabonian | France | Orthacanthacris lineata, Oedipoda sp. (113709) | |
Priabonian | United Kingdom (England) | Proschistocerca oligocaenica (21976 123959 123960) | |
Chadronian | USA (Colorado) | Gomphocerus abstrusus, Oedipoda praefocata, Tyrbula russelli, Nanthacia torpida (106384) Taeniopodites pardalis (106380) Tyrbula scudderi (113749) | |
Rupelian | Iran | Acrididae indet. (200817) | |
Rupelian | Germany | Orthacanthacris rhenana (122407) | |
Chattian | France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) | Oedipoda saussurei, Locusta sp. (122488) | |
Chattian | France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) | Acrididae indet. (113682 153412) Oedipoda saussurei (113712) | |
Early/Lower Miocene | Spain (Castellon) | Acrididae indet. (225781) Oedipodinae indet. (140792 140793 140794 140796 140797) | |
Early/Lower Miocene | Spain | Acrididae indet. 1 (123306 155647 189954) Acrididae indet. 2 (189951) | |
Burdigalian | Japan (Gifu) | Patanga sp. (181074) | |
Burdigalian | USA (Nevada) | Mioedipoda reisereri (27179) | |
Burdigalian | Russian Federation | Tryxalis kudiana (113705) | |
Burdigalian | China (Shandong) | Aestilocusta graminea (128551) Nymphacrida dyscrita (138946) Oedipodidae indet., Oedemastopoda grammaca (138945) Tumearolium humifuse (128552) | |
Sarmatian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Acrididae indet., Scyllina oeningensis (113695) Acridium oeningense (113830) Gomphocerus femoralis (113689) Oedipoda germari (117252) Oedipoda oeningensis (113711) | |
Sarmatian | Croatia | Acrididae indet., Gryllacris kittli, Oedipoda nigrofasciolata (117247) Oedipoda haidingeri, Oedipoda longipennis, Oedipoda partschi, Oedipoda pulchra, Scyllina imperialis, Oedipoda nigrofasciolata (113698) Oedipoda melanosticta (117246 122873) Pardalophora hungarica, Stenobothrus femoralis, Bryodema sp., Bryodema croatica, Scyllina oeningensis (113693) | |
Sarmatian | Germany (Wurttemberg) | Acrididae indet., Protocatantops gracilis, Miocaenacris soergeli, Protocatantops miocaenicus, Protocatantops sp. (113752) | |
Messinian | Italy (Tuscany) | Acrididae indet. (113751) | |
Piacenzian | Germany (Niedersachsen) | Oedipodini indet., Mecostethus sp., Sphingonotus sp. (109196) | |
Pleistocene | Trinidad and Tobago | Tropidacris latreillei (113828) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Ukraine | Acrididae indet., Melanoplus frigidus, Miramella alpina, Chorthippus angulatus, Gomphocerus sibiricus, Stenobothrus posthumoides (113753) Stenobothrus sp. (153476) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Peru | Acrididae indet. (71346) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Melanoplus differentialis (44954) | |
Holocene | USA (Wyoming) | Melanoplus spretus, Spharagemon campestris (185942) | |
Holocene | USA (Montana) | Melanoplus spretus (185941) | |
Holocene | Tanzania | Mecostibus sp. (123991) |