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Checklist for Order Orthoptera Latreille, 1793 (Crickets And Grasshoppers)
and region Jamaica (Greater Antilles)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
365
2609
4525
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
364
2608
4523
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
351
2557
4450
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
41
122
246
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
14
61
142
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Jamaica
14 Families width 142 Species and 4 Subspecies
Acrididae (MacLeay, 1819)Grasshoppers and locusts14SpeciesTaxom
Phalangopsidae Chopard, 1949Spider cricket12SpeciesTaxom
Trigonidiidae Saussure, 1870And Ground Crickets15SpeciesTaxom
Eneopteridae Saussure, 1893Bush cricket14SpeciesTaxom
Tettigoniidae Krauss, 1902Bush crickets28SpeciesTaxom
Gryllidae Bolivar, 1878Crickets22SpeciesTaxom
Gryllacrididae Blanchard, 1845Camel Crickets3SpeciesTaxom
Rhaphidophoridae Walker, 1869And Cave Weta0SpeciesTaxom
Tetrigidae Rambur, 1838Groundhoppers6SpeciesTaxom
Mogoplistidae Saussure, 1877Scaly cricket2SpeciesTaxom
Tridactylidae Saussure, 1874Pygmy mole cricket1SpeciesTaxom
Podoscirtidae (Saussure, 1878)22SpeciesTaxom
Gryllotalpidae Saussure, 1870Mole cricket1SpeciesTaxom
Oecanthidae Blanchard, 1845Tree cricket2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Jamaica
61 Genera with 142 Species
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Abracris Walker, 17731SpeciesTaxom
Amphiacusta Saussure, 20093SpeciesTaxom
Anaxipha Saussure, 2009Brown sword-tail crickets9SpeciesTaxom
Antillicharis Otte & Perez..., 20099SpeciesTaxom
Antillophyllum Beier, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Anurogryllus Saussure, 2009Short-tailed crickets5SpeciesTaxom
Brachybaenus Karny, 19282SpeciesTaxom
Camnula Stål, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Camptonotus Uhler, 1888leaf-rolling crickets1SpeciesTaxom
Carylla Otte & Perez..., 18781SpeciesTaxom
Ceuthophilus Scudder, 1862
Camel Cricket0SpeciesTaxom
Choriphyllum Serville, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Conocephalus Thunberg, 1815Coneheads2SpeciesTaxom
Cophella Otte, 19283SpeciesTaxom
Cycloptilum Scudder, 1905Common scaly crickets2SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtoxipha Saussure, 2009Green sword-tail crickets2SpeciesTaxom
Dellia Stål, 20013SpeciesTaxom
Ellipes Scudder, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Eriolus Bolivar, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Gastrimargus Saussure, 18151SpeciesTaxom
Geogryllus Otte & Perez..., 200910SpeciesTaxom
Gryllodes de Saussure, 18592SpeciesTaxom
Gryllus Linnaeus, 2009Common crickets5SpeciesTaxom
Hapithus Uhler, 2009Flightless bush crickets17SpeciesTaxom
Hispanogryllus Otte & Perez..., 2009
0SpeciesTaxom
Hygronemobius Hebard, 20092SpeciesTaxom
Ischyra Brunner von ..., 18692SpeciesTaxom
Jamaicana Brunner von ..., 18954SpeciesTaxom
Jamaicoecia Beier, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Laurepa Walker, 18692SpeciesTaxom
Meroncidius Serville, 1831
0SpeciesTaxom
Neoconocephalus Karny, 1758Common coneheads5SpeciesTaxom
Neonemobius Hebard, 1913
Small ground crickets0SpeciesTaxom
Neoscapteriscus Cadena-Casta..., 18691SpeciesTaxom
Nesocnemis Beier, 18952SpeciesTaxom
Nesokatoikos Braun & Maehr, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Oecanthus Serville, 1969Common tree crickets2SpeciesTaxom
Oedipoda Latreille, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Orocharis Uhler, 1878Loud-singing bush crickets3SpeciesTaxom
Orphulella Giglio-Tos, 17731SpeciesTaxom
Paratettix I. Bolivar, 1862Creek Pygmy Grasshoppers1SpeciesTaxom
Paroecanthus Saussure, 20093SpeciesTaxom
Phyllotettix Hancock, 17673SpeciesTaxom
Pseudophyllanax Walker, 1869
0SpeciesTaxom
Pseudopleminia Beier, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Pteronemobius Jakobson, 20092SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgocorypha Stål, 18411SpeciesTaxom
Rhacocleis Fieber, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Ruspolia Schulthess-S..., 18691SpeciesTaxom
Scapsipedus Saussure, 20091SpeciesTaxom
Schistocerca Stål, 1861Bird grasshoppers5SpeciesTaxom
Sphingonotus Fieber, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Stenacris F. Walker, 19381SpeciesTaxom
Stilpnochlora Stål, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Syntechna Brunner von ..., 18691SpeciesTaxom
Tafalisca F. Walker, 1916Silent Bush Crickets1SpeciesTaxom
Tetrix Latreille, 1952Forest Pygmy Grasshoppers1SpeciesTaxom
Tettigonia Linnaeus, 1775katydid1SpeciesTaxom
Thisoicetrinus Uvarov, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Turpilia Stål, 18692SpeciesTaxom
Uvaroviella Chopard, 20096SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Jamaica
142 Species and 4 Subspecies
Abracris flavolineata De Geer, 1773
Amphiacusta annulipes Serville, 1831
Amphiacusta nauta Desutter-Gra..., 1997
Amphiacusta negrila Otte & Perez..., 2009
Anaxipha daktrilla Otte & Perez..., 2009
Anaxipha exigua Say, 1825Say'S Bush Cricket
Anaxipha insularis Walker, 1869
Anaxipha latipennis Walker, 1869
Anaxipha negrila Otte & Perez..., 2009
Anaxipha nidaka Otte & Perez..., 2009
Anaxipha pulicaria (Burmeister, 1838)⇒ Anaxipha exigua Say, 1825
Anaxipha sinktrilla Otte & Perez..., 2009
Anaxipha slotinka Otte & Perez..., 2009
Antillicharis anactorios Otte & Perez..., 2009
Antillicharis basilios Otte & Perez..., 2009
Antillicharis gaudialis Otte & Perez..., 2009
Antillicharis gegonos Otte & Perez..., 2009
Antillicharis gryllodes Pallas, 1772
Antillicharis kirrhos Otte & Perez..., 2009
Antillicharis similis Walker, 1869
Antillicharis thaumasios Otte & Perez..., 2009
Antillicharis xouthos Otte & Perez..., 2009
Antillophyllum spinulosum Brunner von ..., 1895
Anurogryllus amolgos Otte & Perez..., 2009
Anurogryllus annae Otte & Perez..., 2009
Anurogryllus celerinictus Walker, 1973Indies short-tailed cricket
Anurogryllus muticus De Geer, 1773Short-tailed Cricket
Anurogryllus nerthus Otte & Perez..., 2009
Brachybaenus longstaffi Griffini, 1909
Brachybaenus tapienoides Karny, 1928
Camnula pellucida Scudder, 1862Clear-winged Grasshopper
Camptonotus jamaicensis Brunner von ..., 1888Jamaican Leaf-roller
Carylla vaginalis Saussure, 1878
Choriphyllum plagiatum Walker, 1871
Conocephalus (Anisoptera) insularis (Morse, 1905)⇒ Ruspolia insularis Walker, 1869
Conocephalus (Xiphidion) cinereus Thunberg, 1815Caribbean meadow katydid
Cophella azumai Otte & Perez..., 2009
Cophella formosa Hebard, 1928
Cophella rehni Hebard, 1928
Cycloptilum velox Love & Walker, 1979Fast-chirp scaly cricket
Cycloptilum zebra Rehn & Hebard, 1905Zebra scaly cricket
Cyrtoxipha catherinae Otte & Perez..., 2009
Cyrtoxipha clarki Otte & Perez..., 2009
Dellia gemmicula Rehn & Hebard, 1938
Dellia karstica Perez-Gelabert, 2001
Dellia maroona Perez-Gelabert, 2001
Ellipes minuta Scudder, 1862Minute Pygmy Locust
Eriolus jamaicensis Bruner, 1915
Gastrimargus marmoratus Thunberg, 1815
Geogryllus ametros Otte & Perez..., 2009
Geogryllus amplior Otte & Perez..., 2009
Geogryllus babylas Otte & Perez..., 2009
Geogryllus chledos Otte & Perez..., 2009
Geogryllus delphis Otte & Perez..., 2009
Geogryllus illotus Otte & Perez..., 2009
Geogryllus insulanos Otte & Perez..., 2009
Geogryllus jamaicensis Otte & Perez..., 2009
Geogryllus nesion Otte & Perez..., 2009
Geogryllus ochleros Otte & Perez..., 2009
Gryllodes sigillatus (Walker, 1869)⇒ Gryllodes supplicans Walker, 1859
Gryllodes supplicans Walker, 1859Tropical House Cricket
Gryllus (Gryllus) assimilis (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Gastrimargus marmoratus Thunberg, 1815
Gryllus assimilis assimilis Fabricius, 1775Jamaican field cricket
Gryllus (Gryllus) contingens (Walker, 1869)⇒ Gryllus assimilis assimilis Fabricius, 1775
Gryllus (Gryllus) jamaicensis Walker, 2009
Gryllus (Gryllus) mandevillus (Otte & Perez..., 2009)⇒ Gryllus jamaicensis Walker, 2009
Hapithus anactorios Otte & Perez..., 2009
Hapithus basilios Otte & Perez..., 2009
Hapithus canaster Otte & Perez..., 2009
Hapithus dystheratos Otte, 2015
Hapithus gaudialis Otte & Perez..., 2009
Hapithus gegonos Otte & Perez..., 2009
Hapithus gryllodes Pallas, 1772Indies bush cricket
Hapithus killos Otte, 2015
Hapithus kirrhos Otte & Perez..., 2009
Hapithus protos Otte & Perez..., 2009
Hapithus thaumasios Otte & Perez..., 2009
Hapithus vaga Otte & Perez..., 2009
Hapithus vagus Morse, 1916Bell heather
Hapithus valida Walker, 1869
Hapithus vocatus Otte, 2015
Hapithus volatus Otte, 2015
Hapithus xouthos Otte & Perez..., 2009
Hygronemobius alleni Morse, 1905Allen's Ground Cricket
Hygronemobius epia Otte & Perez..., 2009
Ischyra plana (Walker, 1869)⇒ Turpilia plana Walker, 1869
Ischyra vigens Walker, 1869
Jamaicana flava Caudell, 1913
Jamaicana subguttata Walker, 1870Mottled-winged Bush-Cricket
Jamaicana unicolor Brunner von ..., 1895
Jamaicana vittata (Brunner von ..., 1895)⇒ Jamaicana subguttata Walker, 1870
Jamaicoecia milleri Beier, 1962
Laurepa canaster Otte & Perez..., 2009
Laurepa valida Walker, 1869
Neoconocephalus affinis Beauvois, 1805Grasshopper
Neoconocephalus maxillosus Fabricius, 1775Caribbean conehead
Neoconocephalus pipulus Walker & Gre..., 1983
Neoconocephalus punctipes Redtenbacher, 1891
Neoconocephalus triops Linnaeus, 1758Broad-tipped conehead
Neoscapteriscus abbreviatus Scudder, 1869Short-winged Mole Cricket
Nesocnemis discoidalis (Walker, F., 1870)⇒ Nesokatoikos discoidalis Walker, 1870
Nesocnemis platyphylloides Brunner von ..., 1895
Nesokatoikos discoidalis Walker, 1870
Oecanthus allardi Walker, T.J...., 1960Allard's tree cricket
Oecanthus jamaicensis Walker, T.J., 1969
Oedipoda miniata salina (Jacobson, 1905)⇒ Oedipoda miniata miniata Pallas, 1771
Orocharis canotus (Saussure, 1878)⇒ Antillicharis similis Walker, 1869
Orocharis gryllodes (Pallas, 1772)⇒ Antillicharis gryllodes Pallas, 1772
Orocharis vaginalis (Saussure, 1878)⇒ Carylla vaginalis Saussure, 1878
Orphulella punctata De Geer, 1773Slant-faced Grasshopper
Paratettix rugosus Scudder, 1862Rough-backed grouse locust
Paroecanthus hwinanus Otte & Perez..., 2009
Paroecanthus otaros Otte & Perez..., 2009
Paroecanthus strongylops Otte & Perez..., 2009
Phyllotettix compressus Thunberg, 1815
Phyllotettix foliatus Hancock, 1902
Phyllotettix rhombeus (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Phyllotettix compressus Thunberg, 1815
Pseudopleminia ruficornis Walker, 1870
Pteronemobius belteros Otte & Perez..., 2009
Pteronemobius nowinga Otte & Perez..., 2009
Pyrgocorypha uncinata Harris, 1841Hook-faced conehead
Rhacocleis germanica Herrich-Schä..., 1840Mediterranean Bush-cricket
Ruspolia insularis Walker, 1869
Scapsipedus jamaicensis Otte & Perez..., 2009
Schistocerca nitens Thunberg, 1815Gray bird grasshopper
Schistocerca nitens caribbeana Dirsh, 1974
Schistocerca pallens Thunberg, 1815Bird Grasshopper
Schistocerca serialis Thunberg, 1815
Schistocerca serialis cubense Saussure, 1861
Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) haitensis Saussure, 1861
Stenacris caribea Rehn & Hebard, 1938
Stilpnochlora laurifolia Linnaeus, 1758
Syntechna divisa (Walker, 1869)⇒ Turpilia plana Walker, 1869
Tafalisca lineatipes Bruner, 1916
Tetrix phrynus Rehn, 1952
Tettigonia dilatata (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Odopoea dilatata Fabricius, 1775
Thisoicetrinus pterostichus (Fischer von ..., 1833)⇒ Heteracris pterosticha Fischer von ..., 1833
Turpilia plana Walker, 1869
Turpilia vigens Walker, 1869
Uvaroviella (Uvaroviella) cavicola Chopard, 1923
Uvaroviella arrugia Otte & Perez..., 2009
Uvaroviella cavea Otte & Perez..., 2009
Uvaroviella jamaicense Otte & Perez..., 2009
Uvaroviella otaros Otte & Perez..., 2009
Uvaroviella trelawni Otte & Perez..., 2009

Subnodes of Orthoptera with occurrences in Jamaica
SuborderCaelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
3
15
21
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderEnsifera
Lesson, 1843
Locusts, Long-horned grasshoppers, Long-horned Orthoptera
11
46
121
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