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Checklist for Family Acrididae MacLeay, 1819 (Grasshoppers and locusts)
and region Aberdeenshire (Scotland, United Kingdom)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
262
1375
2378
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
262
1375
2378
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
247
1339
2324
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
17
32
35
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
6
17
17
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
4
12
12
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
4
12
12
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
2
10
10
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAcrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers
9
9
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Aberdeenshire
9 Genera with 9 Species
Amblytropidia Stål, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Chorthippus Fieber, 18151SpeciesTaxom
Melanoplus Stål, 1873
Spur-throat grasshoppers0SpeciesTaxom
Metaleptea Giglio-Tos, 17631SpeciesTaxom
Myrmeleotettix Bolivar, 18151SpeciesTaxom
Omocestus Bolivar, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Paroxya Scudder, 18922SpeciesTaxom
Pseudochorthippus Defaut, 18211SpeciesTaxom
Trimerotropis Stål, 18381SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Aberdeenshire
9 Species
Amblytropidia robusta Bruner, 1906
Chorthippus (Glyptobothrus) brunneus Thunberg, 1815Common Field Grasshopper
Metaleptea brevicornis Johannson, 1763Clipped-wing grasshopper
Myrmeleotettix maculatus Thunberg, 1815Common Club Grasshopper
Omocestus (Omocestus) viridulus Sahlberg, 1893Common green grasshopper
Paroxya clavuligera Serville, 1838Olive-green Swamp Grasshopper
Paroxya hoosieri Blatchley, 1892Hoosier Locust
Pseudochorthippus parallelus Zetterstedt, 1821Meadow Grasshopper
Trimerotropis pallidipennis Burmeister, 1838Pallid-winged grasshopper

Subnodes of Acrididae with occurrences in Aberdeenshire
SubfamilyAcridinae
MacLeay, 1821
Silent slant-faced grasshoppers, Slant-faced and Band-winged Grasshoppers
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGomphocerinae
Fieber, 1853
Grasshoppers, Slant-faced grasshoppers
5
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMelanoplinae
Scudder, 1897
Spur-throated grasshoppers
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOedipodinae
Walker, 1871
Band-winged grasshoppers
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



Acrididae (MacLeay 1819)
Acrididae (MacLeay 1819)


Links, sources and further information
Acrididae at artfakta.se
Acrididae at dyntaxa.se
Acrididae at gbif.org
Acrididae at itis.gov