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Checklist for Order Orthoptera Latreille, 1793 (Crickets And Grasshoppers)
and region Ascension (Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
118
288
421
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
118
288
421
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
115
284
416
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
10
15
18
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
4
6
11
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Ascension
4 Families width 11 Species
Mogoplistidae Saussure, 1877Scaly cricket6SpeciesTaxom
Gryllidae (Bolivar, 1878)Crickets2SpeciesTaxom
Tettigoniidae Krauss, 1902Bush crickets2SpeciesTaxom
Trigonidiidae Saussure, 1870And Ground Crickets1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Ascension
6 Genera with 11 Species
Cycloptiloides Sjostedt, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Discophallus Gorochov, 20095SpeciesTaxom
Gryllus Linnaeus, 1773Common crickets2SpeciesTaxom
Homorocoryphus Karny, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Metioche Stål, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Ruspolia Schulthess-S..., 17861SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ascension
11 Species
Cycloptiloides canariensis Bolivar, 1914Canarian Tiny Cricket
Discophallus amplus Gorochov, 2009
Discophallus ascension Gorochov, 2009
Discophallus myrtleae Gorochov, 2009
Discophallus pallidus Gorochov, 2009
Discophallus philipi Gorochov, 2009
Gryllus (Gryllus) abnormis Chopard, 1970
Gryllus (Gryllus) bimaculatus (De Geer, 1773)⇒ Pternoscirta bimaculata Thunberg, 1815
Homorocoryphus nitidulus (Walker, F., 1869)⇒ Ruspolia nitidula Scopoli, 1786
Metioche (Metioche) fuscicornis Stål, 1861
Ruspolia nitidula Scopoli, 1786Large Cone-head

Subnodes of Orthoptera with occurrences in Ascension
SuborderEnsifera
Lesson, 1843
Locusts, Long-horned grasshoppers, Long-horned Orthoptera
4
6
11
Families
Genera
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