Short-horned grasshoppers (Acrididae)

Short-horned grasshoppers (Acrididae) are family in Orthoptera, consisting of at least 11,000 species of grasshoppers characterized by relatively short and stocky antennae, tympanic membranes on the sides of the first abdominal segment and living in a variety of habitats worldwide.

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Infraorder: Acrididea
Superfamily: Acridoidea
Family: Acrididae

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