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


Class
 		Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects		204
681
789		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects		202
677
784		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 		Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects		191
653
750		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 		Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
16
22
20		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Order
 		Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas		5
9
8		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


List of families for Taylor County (West Virginia)
5 Families width 8 Species and 2 Subspecies
Acrididae (MacLeay, 1819)Grasshoppers and locusts4SpeciesTaxom
Gryllidae (Bolivar, 1878)Crickets1SpeciesTaxom
Tettigoniidae Krauss, 1902Bush crickets1SpeciesTaxom
Tetrigidae (Rambur, 1838)Groundhoppers1SpeciesTaxom
Rhaphidophoridae (Walker, 1869)And Cave Weta1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Taylor County (West Virginia)
9 Genera with 8 Species
Abisares Stål, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Acheta Linnaeus, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Atlanticus Scudder, 1901Eastern Shieldback Katydid1SpeciesTaxom
Melanoplus Stål, 1873
Spur-throat grasshoppers0SpeciesTaxom
Palaisioscaria Günther, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Schistocerca Stål, 1770Bird grasshoppers1SpeciesTaxom
Syrbula Stål, 18641SpeciesTaxom
Tachycines Adelung, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Thisoicetrinus Uvarov, 18331SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Taylor County (West Virginia)
8 Species and 2 Subspecies
Abisares viridipennis hylaeus Rehn, J.A.G., 1914
Acheta domestica (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Acheta domesticus Fabricius, 1787
Atlanticus (Atlanticus) testaceus Scudder, 1901Protean shieldback
Palaisioscaria calosoma calosoma (Günther, 1934)⇒ Palaisioscaria calosoma Günther, 1934
Schistocerca americana Drury, 1770American bird grasshopper
Syrbula admirabilis Uhler, 1864Handsome Grasshopper
Tachycines asynamorus (Adelung, 1902)⇒ Diestrammena asynamora Adelung, 1902
Thisoicetrinus pterostichus (Fischer von ..., 1833)⇒ Heteracris pterosticha Fischer von ..., 1833

Subnodes of Orthoptera with occurrences in Taylor County (West Virginia)
SuborderCaelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers		2
6
5		Families
Genera
Species
Taxom

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