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    Acrididae, commonly called short-horned grasshoppers, are the predominant family of grasshoppers, comprising some 10,000 of the 11,000 species of the...
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  • Acrididae is a family of short-horned grasshoppers in the order Orthoptera. There are 29 subfamilies, more than 1,400 genera, and over 6,700 described...
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    Serotonin (section Acrididae)
    Serotonin (/ˌsɛrəˈtoʊnɪn, ˌsɪərə-/) or 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) is a monoamine neurotransmitter. Its biological function is complex, touching on diverse...
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    Acridoidea, with around 8,000 species. The two main families in this are the Acrididae (grasshoppers and locusts) with a worldwide distribution, and the Romaleidae...
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    This list contains extant European genera of the "Orthopteroid" orders (or Polyneoptera) that are often studied and written-about together. With the limited...
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    lobster) are various species of short-horned grasshoppers in the family Acrididae that have a swarming phase. These insects are usually solitary, but under...
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    placed the "short-horned grasshoppers" and locusts at the family level (Acrididae). Infraorder Tridactylidea Tridactyloidea Brullé, 1835: pygmy mole crickets...
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    graminivorous diets. Many grasshoppers, such as individuals from the family Acrididae, have diets consisting primarily of plants from the family Poaceae. Although...
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    the barber pole grasshopper, is a species of grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is native to the United States, Canada and northern Mexico and exhibits...
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    Unexplained Extinction of the Rocky Mountain Grasshopper (Orthoptera: Acrididae)". Environmental Entomology. 19 (5): 1194–1205. doi:10.1093/ee/19.5.1194...
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  • Goniaea angustipennis (category Acrididae stubs)
    Goniaea angustipennis is a species of grasshopper in the family Acrididae. Eades, D.C.; Otte, D.; Cigliano, M.M.; Braun, H. "Orthoptera Species File Online...
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    grasshopper (Trimerotropis pallidipennis) is a common grasshopper of the family Acrididae, native to the deserts of western North America along with South America...
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    Oxya japonica (category Acrididae stubs)
    rice grasshopper, is a species of short-horned grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in Indomalaya and eastern Asia. These subspecies belong to...
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    Acridoidea Acrididae (grasshoppers, locusts) Dericorythidae Lathiceridae Lentulidae Lithidiidae Ommexechidae Pamphagidae (toad grasshoppers) Pamphagodidae...
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    Schistocerca americana (category Acrididae)
    americana. Schistocerca americana is a species of grasshopper in the family Acrididae known commonly as the American grasshopper and American bird grasshopper...
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    green-striped grasshopper, is a species of band-winged grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in Central America and North America, ranging from British...
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    Acridoidea Acrididae (grasshoppers, locusts) Dericorythidae Lathiceridae Lentulidae Lithidiidae Ommexechidae Pamphagidae (toad grasshoppers) Pamphagodidae...
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  • is acridology, which focuses on locusts and grasshoppers in the family Acrididae and is relevant to famine prevention. Association for Applied Acridology...
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    grasshopper", "giant valanga" or "hedge grasshopper") belongs to the family Acrididae. The distribution is restricted in the Australian tropics and subtropics...
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    the case of two south American Melanopline Grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae) with partially overlapping geographic ranges". Neotropical Entomology...
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    Oxya chinensis (category Acrididae stubs)
    Oxya chinensis is a species of short-horned grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in south and eastern Asia, and Oceania. "Oxya chinensis"...
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    is also applied to Oxya chinensis,[citation needed] is a member of the Acrididae family. Like other members of the genus Acrida, Acrida cinerea lacks stridulatory...
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    P. (1995). "Outbreak Dynamics of Rangeland Grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae) in the Western Plains Ecoregion: Eruptive, Gradient, Both, or Neither...
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    Antarctica. Orthoptera Species File includes the following families: Acrididae MacLeay, 1821 Dericorythidae Jacobson & Bianchi, 1905 Lathiceridae Dirsh...
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    Oedaleus infernalis is a species of band-winged grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in Asia and Oceania. "Oedaleus infernalis". GBIF. Retrieved...
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    Metaleptea adspersa (category Acrididae stubs)
    Metaleptea adspersa is a species of short-horned grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in Central and South America. "Metaleptea adspersa". GBIF...
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    Acridoidea Acrididae (grasshoppers, locusts) Dericorythidae Lathiceridae Lentulidae Lithidiidae Ommexechidae Pamphagidae (toad grasshoppers) Pamphagodidae...
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    Acrida acuminata (category Acrididae stubs)
    Acrida acuminata is a species of short-horned grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in the Afrotropics. "Acrida acuminata". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-09-09...
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    camouflaged tree locust, is a species of grasshopper belonging to the family Acrididae, that is native to Africa south of the equator. It is similar in appearance...
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    There are ten species of Orthoptera native to Ireland, seven grasshoppers and three bush-crickets . A further species, the mole cricket, is thought to...
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