Superfamilies:
Within the suborder Ensifera there are multiple superfamilies. There are many alternate explanations for the phylogenetic relationship between the Ensifera superfamilies, but evidence suggests that the superfamilies Tettigoniidae and Haglidae form a monophyletic group (Gwynne and DeSutter 1996), sister to Stenopelmatidae and the other superfamilies (Gullan and Cranston 2005). For the suborder Caelifera, it is suggested that there are four superfamilies; Tridactyloidea, Tetragoidea, Eumastacoidea and “higher Caelifera” (which includes Acridoidea and many other families ) (Gullan and Cranston 2005). The way the Orthopterans use stridulation to produce sounds is slightly different in each suborder. This site focuses primarily on the mating mechanisms of the grasshopper.
Within the suborder Ensifera there are multiple superfamilies. There are many alternate explanations for the phylogenetic relationship between the Ensifera superfamilies, but evidence suggests that the superfamilies Tettigoniidae and Haglidae form a monophyletic group (Gwynne and DeSutter 1996), sister to Stenopelmatidae and the other superfamilies (Gullan and Cranston 2005). For the suborder Caelifera, it is suggested that there are four superfamilies; Tridactyloidea, Tetragoidea, Eumastacoidea and “higher Caelifera” (which includes Acridoidea and many other families ) (Gullan and Cranston 2005). The way the Orthopterans use stridulation to produce sounds is slightly different in each suborder. This site focuses primarily on the mating mechanisms of the grasshopper.