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Checklist for Family Acrididae MacLeay, 1819 (Grasshoppers and locusts)
and region Alaska (West USA, USA)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
446
3571
8762
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
444
3566
8756
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
425
3511
8651
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
33
101
169
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
9
38
46
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
4
27
33
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
4
27
33
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
1
23
29
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAcrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers
23
29
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Alaska
10 Genera with 29 Species
Aeropedellus Hebard, 18732SpeciesTaxom
Arphia Stål, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Bohemanella DeLong & Fre..., 19211SpeciesTaxom
Camnula Stål, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Catantops Schaum, 19841SpeciesTaxom
Chloealtis Harris, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Melanoplus Stål, 1920Spur-throat grasshoppers4SpeciesTaxom
Sphingonotus Fieber, 17671SpeciesTaxom
Stethophyma Fischer, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Xanthippus Saussure, 19671SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Alaska
29 Species and 1 Subspecies
Aeropedellus arcticus Hebard, 1935
Aeropedellus clavatus Thomas, 1873Club-horned Grasshopper
Arphia conspersa Scudder, 1875Speckle-winged Rangeland Grasshopper
Bohemanella frigida (Fruhstorfer, 1921)⇒ Melanoplus frigidus Boheman, 1846
Camnula pellucida Scudder, 1862Clear-winged Grasshopper
Catantops ochthephilus Jago, 1984
Chloealtis abdominalis Thomas, 1873
Melanoplus bruneri (Scudder, 1897)⇒ Aeoloplides turnbulli bruneri Caudell, 1907
Melanoplus gordonae Vickery, 1969
Melanoplus kennicottii Scudder, 1878Kennicott's Grasshopper
Melanoplus viridipes eurycercus (Hebard, 1920)⇒ Melanoplus eurycercus Hebard, 1920
Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) caerulans Linnaeus, 1767Blue-winged locust
Stethophyma grossum Linnaeus, 1758Large marsh grasshopper
Xanthippus brooksi Vickery, 1967Brook's Pink-shanked Grasshopper

Subnodes of Acrididae with occurrences in Alaska
SubfamilyCatantopinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
Spur-throated grasshoppers, Spur-throated Grasshoppers and Locusts
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGomphocerinae
Fieber, 1853
Grasshoppers, Slant-faced grasshoppers
8
11
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMelanoplinae
Scudder, 1897
Spur-throated grasshoppers
2
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOedipodinae
Walker, 1871
Band-winged grasshoppers
8
8
Genera
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