Alternative spelling: Acridiidae
Invalid subtaxa: Acrydium barthelemyi Hope 1848 [nomen dubium], Chimarocephala fischeri Heer 1865 [nomen dubium], Gomphocerus abstrusus Scudder 1890 [nomen dubium], Gomphocerus femoralis Heer 1849 [nomen dubium], Menatacridium Piton 1936 [nomen dubium], Menatacridium eocenicum Piton 1936 [nomen dubium], Nanthacia Scudder 1890 [nomen dubium], Nanthacia torpida Scudder 1890 [nomen dubium], Oedipoda fischeri Heer 1865 [nomen dubium], Oedipoda germari Heer 1865 [nomen dubium], Oedipoda haidingeri Heer 1865 [nomen dubium], Oedipoda longipennis Pongrácz 1928 [nomen dubium], Oedipoda oeningensis Heer 1849 [nomen dubium], Oedipoda partschi Pongrácz 1928 [nomen dubium], Oedipoda praefocata Scudder 1890 [nomen dubium], Oedipoda pulchra Pongrácz 1928 [nomen dubium], Oedipoda saussurei Theobald 1937 [nomen dubium], Orthacanthacris lineata Theobald 1937 [nomen dubium], Pardalophora hungarica Pongrácz 1928 [nomen dubium], Stenobothrus femoralis Heer 1849 [nomen dubium], Tryxalis kudiana Cockerell 1927 [nomen dubium], Tyrbula Scudder 1885 [nomen dubium], Tyrbula multispinosa Scudder 1890 [nomen dubium], Tyrbula russelli Scudder 1885 [nomen dubium], Tyrbula scudderi Cockerell 1914 [nomen dubium]
Parent taxon: Acridoidea according to D. C. Eades et al. 2012
Sister taxon: Pamphagidae
Subtaxa: Acridinae, Acridiopsis, Catantopinae, Chorthippus, Cyrtacanthacridinae, Gomphocerinae, Heeracris, Melanoplinae, Oedipodinae
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore