Acridoidea

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Kingdom Animalia Infraorder Acrididea Phylum Arthropoda Rank Superfamily		Order Orthoptera Scientific name Acridoidea Higher classification Grasshopper

Lower classifications Romaleidae, Romalea guttata, Prionotropis

Acridoidea is a superfamily of grasshoppers including locusts in the order Orthoptera.

Classification

The following families are recognised:

Charilaidae Dirsh, 1953

Dericorythidae Jacobson & Bianchi, 1902–1905

Lathiceridae Dirsh, 1954

Lentulidae Dirsh, 1956

Lithidiidae Dirsh, 1961

Ommexechidae Bolívar, 1884

Pamphagidae Burmeister, 1840

Pyrgacrididae Kevan, 1974

Romaleidae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893

Tristiridae Rehn, 1906

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