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    Acrididae are the predominant family of grasshoppers, comprising some 10,000 of the 11,000 species of the entire suborder Caelifera. The Acrididae are...
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  • Acrididae is a family of short-horned grasshoppers in the order Orthoptera. There are 29 subfamilies, more than 1,400 genera, and over 6,700 described...
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    Serotonin (section Acrididae)
    Serotonin (/ˌsɛrəˈtoʊnɪn, ˌsɪərə-/) or 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) is a monoamine neurotransmitter. Its biological function is complex, touching on diverse...
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    Acridoidea, with around 8,000 species. The two main families in this are the Acrididae (grasshoppers and locusts) with a worldwide distribution, and the Romaleidae...
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    placed the "short-horned grasshoppers" and locusts at the family level (Acrididae). Infraorder Tridactylidea Tridactyloidea Brullé, 1835: pygmy mole crickets...
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    is also applied to Oxya chinensis,[citation needed] is a member of the Acrididae family. Like other members of the genus Acrida, Acrida cinerea lacks stridulatory...
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    Schistocerca americana (category Acrididae)
    americana. Schistocerca americana is a species of grasshopper in the family Acrididae known commonly as the American grasshopper and American bird grasshopper...
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    Antarctica. Orthoptera Species File includes the following families: Acrididae MacLeay, 1821 Dericorythidae Jacobson & Bianchi, 1905 Lathiceridae Dirsh...
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    the barber pole grasshopper, is a species of grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is native to the United States, Canada and northern Mexico and exhibits...
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    Unexplained Extinction of the Rocky Mountain Grasshopper (Orthoptera: Acrididae)". Environmental Entomology. 19 (5): 1194–1205. doi:10.1093/ee/19.5.1194...
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