# Acridini

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{{short description|Tribe of grasshoppers}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Acrida Conica.jpg
| image_caption = ''[Acrida conica](/source/Acrida_conica)''
| taxon = Acridini
| authority = [MacLeay](/source/William_Sharp_Macleay), 1821
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision = See text
| synonyms = Acridia MacLeay, 1821
}}

'''Acridini'''<ref>MacLeay WS (1821) ''Horae Entomologicae or Essays on the Annulose Animals'' 2.</ref> is a [tribe](/source/Tribe_(biology)) of insects in the [subfamily](/source/subfamily) [Acridinae](/source/Acridinae),  of the [insect](/source/insect) [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Acrididae](/source/Acrididae) and are sometimes called "silent slant-faced grasshoppers"{{citation needed|date=December 2018}}. It was firstly described as ''Truxalis Conicus'' in 1781<ref>{{Cite web|title=species Acrida conica (Fabricius, 1781): Orthoptera Species File|url=http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1111365|access-date=2021-09-14|website=orthoptera.speciesfile.org}}</ref>

==Description==
Insects of this tribe are usually slender and like other members of the subfamily Acridinae lack [stridulatory](/source/Stridulation) pegs and are silent.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Nayyar Azim |first=M. |author2=Reshi, S. A. |title=TAXONOMIC NOTES ON THE TRIBE ACRIDINI LATREILLE (ACRIDINAE: ACRIDIDAE: ORTHOPTERA) OF KASHMIR, INDIA |journal=Acta Zoológica Mexicana |series=Nueva Serie |date=April 2010 |volume=26 |pages=219–222 |url=https://www.redalyc.org/pdf/575/57512379015.pdf |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130221054042/http://redalyc.uaemex.mx/src/inicio/ArtPdfRed.jsp?iCve=57512379015 |url-status=live |archive-date=2013-02-21 |accessdate=30 August 2012 |publisher=Instituto de Ecología }}</ref>

==Genera==
This tribe includes several [monotypic](/source/monotypic) [Australia](/source/Australia)n genera; the ''Orthoptera Species File'' lists:.<ref>[http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1111341 Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 16 December 2018)]</ref>
* ''[Acrida](/source/Acrida)'' Linnaeus, 1758 (widespread in Old World & Australasia)
* ''[Acridarachnea](/source/Acridarachnea)'' Bolívar, 1908 (Africa) monotypic:
** ''[Acridarachnea ophthalmica](/source/Acridarachnea_ophthalmica)'' Bolívar, 1908
* ''[Caledia](/source/Caledia)'' Bolívar, 1914 (Australia) monotypic:
** ''[Caledia captiva](/source/Caledia_captiva)'' (Fabricius, 1775)
* ''[Calephorops](/source/Calephorops)'' Sjöstedt, 1920 (Australia) monotypic:
** ''[Calephorops viridis](/source/Calephorops_viridis)'' Sjöstedt, 1920
* ''[Cryptobothrus](/source/Cryptobothrus)'' Rehn, 1907 (Australia, synonyms ''Austrobothrus'' Sjöstedt, 1921, ''Exobothrus'' Sjöstedt, 1936) monotypic:
** ''[Cryptobothrus chrysophorus](/source/Cryptobothrus_chrysophorus)'' Rehn, 1907
thumb|right|''Cryptobothrus chrysophorus''
* ''[Froggattina](/source/Froggattina)'' Tillyard, 1926 (Australia) monotypic:
** ''[Froggattina australis](/source/Froggattina_australis)'' (Walker, 1870)
* ''[Keshava (insect)](/source/Keshava_(insect))'' Gupta & Chandra, 2017 (India)
** ''[Keshava barnawaparensis](/source/Keshava_barnawaparensis)'' Gupta & Chandra, 2017
** ''[Keshava jugadensis](/source/Keshava_jugadensis)'' Gupta & Chandra, 2017
** ''[Keshava shishodensis](/source/Keshava_shishodensis)'' Gupta & Chandra, 2017
* ''[Perala](/source/Perala)'' Sjöstedt, 1921 (Australia) monotypic:
** ''[Perala viridis](/source/Perala_viridis)'' Sjöstedt, 1921
* ''[Rapsilla](/source/Rapsilla)'' Sjöstedt, 1921 (Australia) monotypic:
** ''[Rapsilla fusca](/source/Rapsilla_fusca)'' Sjöstedt, 1921
* ''[Schizobothrus](/source/Schizobothrus)'' Sjöstedt, 1921 (Australia)  monotypic:
** ''[Schizobothrus flavovittatus](/source/Schizobothrus_flavovittatus)'' Sjöstedt, 1921

== References ==
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==External links==
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Category:Acrididae
Category:Orthoptera tribes
Category:Taxa named by Pierre André Latreille

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