Species list, Checklist of Superorder Polyneoptera for Shetland Mainland (Shetland Islands, United Kingdom)

Ants	Arachnids
Bees	Beetles
Booklice	Bugs
Bumblebees	Butterflies
Cicadas	Crane flies
Dragonflies	Earwigs
Flies	Isopods
Locusts	Mantises
Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
Termites	Wasps

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Checklist for Superorder Polyneoptera Martynov, 1923
and region Shetland Mainland (Shetland Islands, United Kingdom)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	89 212 295	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	89 212 295	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	84 203 286	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Polyneoptera Martynov, 1923	2 5 5	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Shetland Mainland
2 Families width 5 Species

Acrididae MacLeay, 1819	Grasshoppers and locusts	4	Species	Taxom
Forficulidae Stephens, 1829	Common Earwig	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Shetland Mainland
5 Genera with 5 Species

Anacridium Uvarov, 1764	1	Species	Taxom
Forficula Linnaeus, 1758	1	Species	Taxom
Myrmeleotettix Bolivar, 1815	1	Species	Taxom
Omocestus Bolivar, 1893	1	Species	Taxom
Pseudochorthippus Defaut, 1821	1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Shetland Mainland
5 Species

Anacridium aegyptium Linnaeus, 1764	Egyptian Grasshopper
Forficula auricularia Carolus Linn..., 1758	Common earwig
Myrmeleotettix maculatus Thunberg, 1815	Common Club Grasshopper
Omocestus (Omocestus) viridulus Sahlberg, 1893	Common green grasshopper
Pseudochorthippus parallelus Zetterstedt, 1821	Meadow Grasshopper

Subnodes of Polyneoptera with occurrences in Shetland Mainland

Order	Dermaptera De Geer, 1773 Dermapterans, Earwig, Earwigs, Pincerbugs	1 1 1	Family Genus Species	Taxom
Order	Orthoptera Latreille, 1793 Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas	1 4 4	Family Genera Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Polyneoptera at itis.gov