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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
82
188
229
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
82
188
229
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
69
160
198
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
11
19
35
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
4
5
8
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Lyon County (Kentucky)
4 Families width 8 Species
Tettigoniidae Krauss, 1902Bush crickets1SpeciesTaxom
Gryllidae Bolivar, 1878Crickets1SpeciesTaxom
Acrididae MacLeay, 1819Grasshoppers and locusts4SpeciesTaxom
Oecanthidae Blanchard, 1845Tree cricket2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Lyon County (Kentucky)
5 Genera with 8 Species
Amblycorypha Stål, 1862Round-headed katydids1SpeciesTaxom
Gryllus Linnaeus, 1960Common crickets1SpeciesTaxom
Melanoplus Stål, 1773Spur-throat grasshoppers3SpeciesTaxom
Oecanthus Serville, 1963Common tree crickets2SpeciesTaxom
Trimerotropis Stål, 18411SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Lyon County (Kentucky)
8 Species
Amblycorypha rotundifolia Scudder, 1862Rattler round-winged katydid
Gryllus (Gryllus) veletis Alexander & ..., 1960Spring field cricket
Melanoplus confusus Scudder, 1897Little Pasture Locust
Melanoplus differentialis Thomas, 1865Differential grasshopper
Melanoplus femurrubrum De Geer, 1773Red-legged grasshopper
Oecanthus argentinus Saussure, 1874Prairie tree cricket
Oecanthus celerinictus Walker, T.J., 1963Fast-calling tree cricket
Trimerotropis maritima Harris, 1841Seaside Locust

Subnodes of Orthoptera with occurrences in Lyon County (Kentucky)
SuborderCaelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
1
2
4
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderEnsifera
Lesson, 1843
Locusts, Long-horned grasshoppers, Long-horned Orthoptera
3
3
4
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