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Checklist for Order Orthoptera Latreille, 1793 (Crickets And Grasshoppers)
and region Amherst (Amherst County, Virginia, USA)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
106
273
337
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
106
273
337
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
95
256
318
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
8
12
11
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
3
7
6
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Amherst (Amherst County)
3 Families width 6 Species
Acrididae MacLeay, 1819Grasshoppers and locusts5SpeciesTaxom
Tetrigidae Rambur, 1838Groundhoppers1SpeciesTaxom
Tettigoniidae Krauss, 1902Bush crickets0SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Amherst (Amherst County)
7 Genera with 6 Species
Chortophaga Harris, 17731SpeciesTaxom
Melanoplus Stål, 1798Spur-throat grasshoppers1SpeciesTaxom
Nomotettix Morse, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Pardalophora Saussure, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Pseudochorthippus Defaut, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Psinidia Stål, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Pterophylla Kirby, 1825
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Amherst (Amherst County)
6 Species
Chortophaga viridifasciata De Geer, 1773Blushing grasshopper
Melanoplus sanguinipes Fabricius, 1798Migratory grasshopper
Nomotettix cristatus Scudder, 1862Crested Grouse Locust
Pardalophora apiculata Harris, 1835Coral-Winged Grasshopper
Pseudochorthippus curtipennis Harris, 1835Marsh Meadow Grasshopper
Psinidia fenestralis Serville, 1838Long-horned Locust

Subnodes of Orthoptera with occurrences in Amherst (Amherst County)
SuborderCaelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
2
6
6
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderEnsifera
Lesson, 1843
Locusts, Long-horned grasshoppers, Long-horned Orthoptera
1
1
0
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom



Orthoptera (Latreille 1793)
Orthoptera (Latreille 1793)


Links, sources and further information
Orthoptera at orthoptera.speciesfile.org
Orthoptera at grasshoppersofeurope.com
Orthoptera at papua-insects.nl
Orthoptera at artfakta.se
Orthoptera at dyntaxa.se
Orthoptera at gbif.org
Orthoptera at itis.gov
Orthoptera at marinespecies.org