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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
156
480
565
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
156
480
565
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
150
459
541
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
16
28
34
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
4
7
9
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Webster County (Kentucky)
4 Families width 9 Species and 1 Subspecies
Acrididae (MacLeay, 1819)Grasshoppers and locusts6SpeciesTaxom
Tettigoniidae Krauss, 1902Bush crickets1SpeciesTaxom
Oecanthidae Blanchard, 1845Tree cricket1SpeciesTaxom
Rhaphidophoridae (Walker, 1869)And Cave Weta1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Webster County (Kentucky)
7 Genera with 9 Species
Abisares Stål, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Atlanticus Scudder, 1901Eastern Shieldback Katydid1SpeciesTaxom
Dissosteira Scudder, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Melanoplus Stål, 1798Spur-throat grasshoppers3SpeciesTaxom
Oecanthus Serville, 1869Common tree crickets1SpeciesTaxom
Tachycines Adelung, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Thisoicetrinus Uvarov, 18331SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Webster County (Kentucky)
9 Species and 1 Subspecies
Abisares viridipennis hylaeus Rehn, J.A.G., 1914
Atlanticus (Atlanticus) testaceus Scudder, 1901Protean shieldback
Dissosteira carolina Linnaeus, 1758Carolina Grasshopper
Melanoplus bivittatus Say, 1825Spur-Throated Grasshoppers
Melanoplus femurrubrum De Geer, 1773Red-legged grasshopper
Melanoplus sanguinipes Fabricius, 1798Migratory grasshopper
Oecanthus nigricornis Walker, F., 1869Black-horned tree cricket
Tachycines asynamorus (Adelung, 1902)⇒ Diestrammena asynamora Adelung, 1902
Thisoicetrinus pterostichus (Fischer von ..., 1833)⇒ Heteracris pterosticha Fischer von ..., 1833

Subnodes of Orthoptera with occurrences in Webster County (Kentucky)
SuborderCaelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
1
4
6
Family
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