Caelifera
Appearance
| Suborder Caelifera | |
|---|---|
| Taxonomy | |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
Caelifera ("chisel-bearing") is a suborder of Orthoptera containing the species commonly known as grasshoppers (infraorder Acrididea), as well as the pygmy mole crickets and their relatives (infraorder Tridactylidea).
Taxonomy
For full nomenclature and taxonomic details of this taxon, see Orthoptera Species File
Inside suborder Caelifera
The following taxa are available for this suborder:
- Infraorder: Acrididea
- Nanorder: Acridomorpha
- Superfamily: Acridoidea
- Superfamily: Eumastacoidea
- Superfamily: Locustopsoidea
- Superfamily: Pneumoroidea
- Superfamily: Proscopioidea
- Superfamily: Pyrgomorphoidea
- Superfamily: Tanaoceroidea
- Superfamily: Trigonopterygoidea
- Superfamily: Tetrigoidea
- Nanorder: Acridomorpha
- Infraorder: Tridactylidea
- Superfamily: Dzhajloutshelloidea
- Superfamily: Tridactyloidea