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Taxon: Superfamily Acridoidea (MacLeay, 1821) Burmeister, 1839 (insect)

Entity:

Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Arthropoda - (Class) Insecta - (Order) Orthoptera

Original entries

*Tanaoceridae* (Family) V.M. Dirsh, 1955
*Xyronotidae* (Family) V.M. Dirsh, 1955

Current position

Acridomorpha (Superfamily group)

Ref: D.C. Eades & D. Otte, 2009: 26 May 2009.

Alternative positions

*Acridomorpha* (Suborder) Dirsh, 1966
*Acridomorphoidea* (Order)
*Caelifera* (Suborder) Ander, 1939	Ref: D. Grimaldi & M.S. Engel, 2005: 210.

Historical positions

*Caelifera* (Suborder) Ander, 1939	Ref: D. Grimaldi & M.S. Engel, 2005: 210.
*Acrididea* (Infraorder) (MacLeay, 1821)	Ref: D.K.McE. Kevan, 1982: 371.
*Acridomorpha* (Infraorder)	Ref: D.K.McE. Kevan, 1977

Number of Subtaxa

2026	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	11f;1664g;6585s;1225ss; †2g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	11f;1664g
2005	D. Grimaldi & M.S. Engel: 210	[9f];~8000s
1982	D.K.McE. Kevan	10f1500g8000s

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