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


Class
 		Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects		95
220
238		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects		95
220
238		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 		Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects		82
190
207		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 		Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
16
25
30		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

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


List of families for Limestone County (Alabama)
3 Families width 8 Species
Acrididae MacLeay, 1819Grasshoppers and locusts5SpeciesTaxom
Tettigoniidae Krauss, 1902Bush crickets2SpeciesTaxom
Podoscirtidae Saussure, 18781SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Limestone County (Alabama)
6 Genera with 8 Species
Chortophaga Harris, 17732SpeciesTaxom
Conocephalus Thunberg, 1862Coneheads1SpeciesTaxom
Dissosteira Scudder, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Hapithus Uhler, 1864Flightless bush crickets1SpeciesTaxom
Pardalophora Saussure, 18922SpeciesTaxom
Pterophylla Kirby, 17751SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Limestone County (Alabama)
8 Species
Chortophaga australior Rehn & Hebard, 1911Southern Green-Striped Grasshopper
Chortophaga viridifasciata De Geer, 1773Blushing grasshopper
Conocephalus (Conocephalus) brevipennis (Scudder, 1862)⇒ Ruspolia interrupta Walker, 1869
Dissosteira carolina Linnaeus, 1758Carolina Grasshopper
Hapithus saltator Uhler, 1864Jumping Bush Cricket
Pardalophora phoenicoptera Burmeister, 1838Orange-Winged Grasshopper
Pardalophora saussurei Scudder, 1892Labile stilt crab
Pterophylla (Pterophylla) camellifolia Fabricius, 1775Common true katydid

Subnodes of Orthoptera with occurrences in Limestone County (Alabama)
SuborderCaelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers		1
3
5		Family
Genera
Species
Taxom

SuborderEnsifera
Lesson, 1843
Locusts, Long-horned grasshoppers, Long-horned Orthoptera		2
3
3		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