Acridini

Acridini
Acrida conica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Superfamily: Acridoidea
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Acridinae
Tribe: Acridini
Genera
  • Acrida
  • Caledia
  • Froggattina
  • Phlaeoba

Acridini is a tribe of insects in the subfamily Acridinae (silent slant-faced grasshoppers) of the insect family Acrididae. Insects of this tribe are usually slender and like other members of the subfamily Acridinae lack stridulatory pegs and are silent.[1]

References

  1. Nayyar Azim, M.; Reshi, S. A. (April 2010). "TAXONOMIC NOTES ON THE TRIBE ACRIDINI LATREILLE (ACRIDINAE: ACRIDIDAE: ORTHOPTERA) OF KASHMIR, INDIA". Acta Zoológica Mexicana (nueva serie). Instituto de Ecología. 26: 219–222. Archived from the original on 2013-02-21. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
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