NOMEN: Caelifera Ander 1936 [K. Ander. Orthoptera Saltatorias filogeni pa grundval av jämförande anatomiska studier. - Opuscule Entomologica, 1936, 1: 93-94]
ORIGINAL LISTED MEMBERSHIP (Ander
1936):
Tridactyloidea
(incl. Cylindrachetidae)
+ Acridoidea
SENIOR
CIRCUMSCRIPTIONAL SYNONYMS:
= Diphtheroptera Crampton 1915
= Metorthoptera Crampton 1927
JUNIOR CIRCUMSCRIPTIONAL SYNONYM:
= Brachycera Bey-Bienko 1964 (non Brachocera Macquart 1834, nec Brachycera Schiner 1862)
TYPIFIED NAME IN BASIC FORMAT: Acrida/fg (incl. Tridactylus)
TYPIFIED NAME IN USE: Acridina, Acridoidea, ...
MODERN
STATUS: 
the valid (while not the
oldest) name of a generally accepted, holophyletic taxon.
COMMENT. In spite of the fact, that Caelifera is not the oldest name, it can be used as valid, because among the names fitting in original circumscription, Caelifera is the most widely used one.