Acridini

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Acridini
File:Acrida Conica.jpg
Acrida conica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Acridinae
Tribe: Acridini
MacLeay, 1821
Genera

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Synonyms

Acridia MacLeay, 1821

Acridini[1] is a tribe of insects in the subfamily Acridinae, of the insect family Acrididae and are sometimes called "silent slant-faced grasshoppers"[citation needed]. It was firstly described as Truxalis Conicus in 1781[2]

Description

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Insects of this tribe are usually slender and like other members of the subfamily Acridinae lack stridulatory pegs and are silent.[3]

Genera

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This tribe includes several monotypic Australian genera; the Orthoptera Species File lists:.[4]

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Cryptobothrus chrysophorus

References

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  1. ^ MacLeay WS (1821) Horae Entomologicae or Essays on the Annulose Animals 2.
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  4. ^ Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 16 December 2018)
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