Acridoidea
Sign in to savethumb|Teratodes monticollis Acridoidea is the largest superfamily of grasshoppers in the order Orthoptera with over 11,000 species found on every continent except Antarctica.
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- Classification
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thumb|Teratodes monticollis Acridoidea is the largest superfamily of grasshoppers in the order Orthoptera with over 11,000 species found on every continent except Antarctica.
==Classification== Orthoptera Species File includes the following families: Acrididae MacLeay, 1821 Dericorythidae Jacobson & Bianchi, 1905 Lathiceridae Dirsh, 1954 Lentulidae Dirsh, 1956 Lithidiidae Dirsh, 1961 Ommexechidae Bolívar, 1884 Pamphagidae Burmeister, 1840 Pamphagodidae Bolívar, 1884 Pyrgacrididae Kevan, 1974 Romaleidae Pictet & Saussure, 1887 Tristiridae Rehn, 1906