Caelifera

Caelifera; Temporal range: Changhsingian–Present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	A pygmy mole-cricket
	Red-legged grasshopper
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Caelifera; Ander, 1939
Infraorders
	Acrididea; Tridactylidea;

The Caelifera are a suborder of orthopteran insects.^[2] They include the grasshoppers and grasshopper-like insects, as well as other superfamilies classified with them: the ground-hoppers (Tetrigoidea) and pygmy mole crickets (Tridactyloidea). The latter should not be confused with the mole crickets (Gryllotalpidae), which belong to the other Orthopteran sub-order Ensifera.

The name of this suborder comes from Latin meaning chisel-bearing ("chisel" in Latin: caelum),^[3] referring to the "stout" shape of its species' ovipositors.^[4]

^ ITIS: Caelifera (retrieved 2 August 2017)
^ Cite error: The named reference TOLweb was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879). "caelum". A Latin Dictionary. Perseus Digital Library.
^ Himmelman, John (2011). Cricket Radio. Harvard University Press. p. 45. ISBN 978-0-674-06102-6. Archived from the original on 27 November 2017.

[1] ITIS: Caelifera (retrieved 2 August 2017)

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[3] Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879). "caelum". A Latin Dictionary. Perseus Digital Library.

[Himmelman2011-4] Himmelman, John (2011). Cricket Radio. Harvard University Press. p. 45. ISBN 978-0-674-06102-6. Archived from the original on 27 November 2017.

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