| Family | Acrididae MacLeay, 1819 Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers | 2034 17881 | Genera Species |
| Family | Charilaidae Dirsh, 1953 ⇒ Pamphagodidae
| 0 0 | Genera Species |
| Family | Dericorythidae Jacobson & Bianchi, 1902
| 29 318 | Genera Species |
| Family | Lathiceridae Dirsh, 1954
| 4 7 | Genera Species |
| Family | Lentulidae Dirsh, 1956 Lentulid Grasshoppers | 44 269 | Genera Species |
| Family | Lithidiidae Dirsh, 1961
| 5 34 | Genera Species |
| Family | Locustidae Kirby, 1825 ⇒ Tettigoniidae Band-winged grasshoppers, Bandwings | 2 3 | Genera Species |
| Family | Mimnermidae ♰ Saussure, 1859 ⇒ Anostostomatidae King crickets | 0 0 | Genera Species |
| Family | Ommexechidae Bolivar, 1884
| 18 103 | Genera Species |
| Family | Pamphagidae Burmeister, 1840 Toad grasshopper, Toad grasshoppers | 134 2042 | Genera Species |
| Family | Pamphagodidae Bolivar, 1884
| 5 9 | Genera Species |
| Family | Pauliniidae Hebard, 1923 ⇒ Pauliniinae
| 0 0 | Genera Species |
| Family | Pyrgacrididae Kevan, 1974
| 1 3 | Genus Species |
| Family | Romaleidae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 Lubber grasshopper, Lubber grasshoppers | 156 878 | Genera Species |
| Family | Tristiridae Rehn, 1906
| 24 75 | Genera Species |