ENY 3005 Family Identification
Orthoptera: Acrididae
Pronunciation: ah-CRID-di-dee
Common names: shorthorned grasshopper, locust
Identifying characteristics for the family Acrididae include:
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Antennae relatively short and stout.
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Tympanum on side of first abdominal segment.
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All tarsi 3-segmented.
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Ovipositor short and stout.
Additional information:
References:
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Page 78 and plate 2 in D. J. Borror and R. E. White. 1970. A Field Guide
to the Insects. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co.
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Page 214 in D. J. Borror, C. A. Triplehorn, and N. F. Johnson. An Introduction
to the Study of Insects, 6th ed. 1989. Philadelphia: Saunders College Publishing.
875 p.
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Page 94 in R. G. Bland and H. E. Jaques. 1978. How to Know the Insects,
3rd ed. Debuque, Iowa: Wm. C. Brown Co. 409 p.
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Page 396 in H. V. Daly, J. T. Doyen, and A. H. Purcell III. 1998. Introduction
to Insect Biology and Diversity, 2nd ed. Oxford University Press. 680 p.
Links to other web sites
Links to other Orthoptera taxa:
Acrididae,
Tettigoniidae,
Gryllacrididae,
Gryllidae,
Gryllotalpidae.
Return to ENY 3005 Index to Orders
Prepared by John L. Foltz,
University of Florida, Dept of Entomology & Nematology, 13 October 1998.
Modified 12 June 2001.