Acridinae

Silent slant-faced grasshoppers

Adult male Stethophyma grossum of the Parapleurini
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Caelifera
Superfamily:	Acridoidea
Family:	Acrididae
Subfamily:	Acridinae Macleay, 1821
Tribes
8, and see text

The silent slant-faced grasshoppers make up the subfamily Acridinae of the insect family Acrididae. In appearance, the species are very similar to those of the subfamily Gomphocerinae.

Tribes and selected genera

Acridini
- Acrida
- Caledia
- Froggattina
Calephorini
Hyalopterygini
- Metaleptea
Hypernephiini
Parapleurini
- Mecostethus
- Stethophyma (sometimes placed in Oedipodinae)
Phlaeobini
Scyllini
Truxalini
- Truxalis
incertae sedis
- Allotruxalis
- Cannula
- Chirista
- Coryphosima
- Orthochtha
- Oxyolena
- Zacompsa

Numerous genera are not yet assigned to tribes. These are:

Acteana – Aeropedelloides – Aethiopacris – Aethiopiacris – Afrophlaeoba – Allotruxalis – Anaeolopus – Bababuddinia – Bambesa – Brachyacrida – Brachyphlaeobella – Calliphlaeoba – Cannula – Capulica – Carinacris – Carliola – Chirista – Chlorophlaeoba – Chlorophlaeobella – Chokwea – Chromacrida – Chromochokwea – Chromotruxalis – Closteridea – Cocytotettix – Cohembia – Comacris – Conuacris – Coryphosima – Covasacris – Culmulus – Dorsthippus – Duronia – Duroniopsis – Epacromiacris – Euprepoptera – Euthynous – Eutryxalis – Formosacris – Glyphoclonus – Guichardippus – Gymnobothroides – Gymnobothrus – Hulstaertia – Hyperocnocerus – Julea – Kaloa – Keya – Lemuracris – Lobopoma – Luzonica – Machaeridia – Malcolmburria – Megaphlaeoba – Neophlaeoba – Nimbacris – Nivisacris – Ocnocerus – Odontomelus – Orthochtha – Oxybothrus – Oxyolena – Oxyphlaeoba – Oxytruxalis – Palawanacris – Pamacris – Panzia – Paracoryphosima – Paralobopoma – Paraphlaeoba – Paraphlaeobida – Parga – Parodontomelus – Pasiphimus – Perella – Phlocerus – Phloeochopardia – Phorinia – Phryganomelus – Plagiacris – Platyverticula – Pseudopargaella – Pseudoptygonotus – Rammeihippus – Rastafaria – Rhabdoplea – Roduniella – Ruganotus – Rugophlaeoba – Shabacris – Sherifuria – Sumba – Tenuihippus – Truxaloides – Uganda – Urugalla – Vietteacris – Vitalisia – Weenenia – Wellawaya – Xenocymochtha – Xenoderus – Xenotruxalis – Yendia – Zacompsa – Zambiacris – Zygophlaeoba

Sometimes placed here are Achurum and Mermiria (otherwise in Gomphocerinae) and Gastrimargus otherwise in Oedipodinae).