In biological classification , a subfamily ( Latin : subfamilia , plural subfamiliae ) is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank , next below family but more inclusive than genus . Standard nomenclature rules end botanical subfamily names with "-oideae", and zoological subfamily names with "-inae".
2-532: The Cyrtacanthacridinae are a subfamily of Orthoptera : Caelifera in the family Acrididae . They are sometimes referred-to as bird locusts , criquets voyageurs in French-speaking Africa , and Knarrschrecken in German. It includes species of locusts , short-horned grasshoppers that undergo phase polymorphism and are among the most important pests of sub-Saharan Africa ; they include
4-560: The desert locust and the red locust , with the related Bombay locust in Asia. One of the characteristics of members of this subfamily is the prominent peg between the forelegs: hence the name for the Australian Spur-throated locust . The following genera have been included with a single tribe separated: Auth. Kirby, 1910; worldwide distribution (mostly tropical and sub-tropical) Subfamily Detarioideae
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