See text The Melanoplinae are a subfamily of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae.

They are distributed across the Holarctic and Neotropical realms.

[1] They are one of the two largest subfamilies in the Acrididae.

[1] The genera of the Melanoplinae are classified in 6 tribes, that include: Conalcaeini (Nearctic), Dactylotini (Nearctic), Dichroplini (mostly Neotropical), Jivarini (Neotropical), Melanoplini (Nearctic) and Podismini (synonym Prumnini: widespread in northern hemisphere).

[2] These genera belong to the subfamily Melanoplinae: Data sources: i = ITIS,[3] c = Catalogue of Life,[4] g = GBIF,[5] b = Bugguide.net.