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Checklist for Family Acrididae MacLeay, 1819 (Grasshoppers and locusts)
and region Bahamas (Caribbean islands)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
271
1631
2481
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
271
1631
2481
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
264
1604
2438
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
35
83
108
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
15
47
52
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
6
23
24
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
6
23
24
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
3
17
19
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAcrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers
13
14
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Bahamas
13 Genera with 14 Species
Abisares Stål, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Aidemona Brunner, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Apoxitettix Descamps, 19751SpeciesTaxom
Chorthippus Fieber, 18152SpeciesTaxom
Chortophaga Harris, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Locustana Uvarov, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Nahuelia Liebermann, 19421SpeciesTaxom
Orphulella Giglio-Tos, 1894
0SpeciesTaxom
Paroxya Scudder, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Pseudochorthippus Defaut, 18211SpeciesTaxom
Schistocerca Stål, 1913Bird grasshoppers2SpeciesTaxom
Silvitettix Bruner, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Sphingonotus Fieber, 18611SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Bahamas
14 Species and 1 Subspecies
Abisares viridipennis hylaeus Rehn, J.A.G., 1914
Aidemona azteca Saussure, 1861
Apoxitettix salvadorae Descamps, 1975
Chorthippus (Chorthippus) albomarginatus De Geer, 1773Lesser marsh grasshopper
Chorthippus (Glyptobothrus) brunneus Thunberg, 1815Common Field Grasshopper
Chortophaga cubensis Scudder, 1875
Locustana pardalina Walker, 1870Brown locust
Nahuelia rubriventris Liebermann, 1942
Paroxya dissimilis Morse, 1905
Pseudochorthippus parallelus Zetterstedt, 1821Meadow Grasshopper
Schistocerca americana Drury, 1770American bird grasshopper
Schistocerca magnifica Bruner, 1913
Silvitettix biolleyi Bruner, 1904
Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) haitensis Saussure, 1861

Subnodes of Acrididae with occurrences in Bahamas
SubfamilyCatantopinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
Spur-throated grasshoppers, Spur-throated Grasshoppers and Locusts
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCopiocerinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtacanthacridinae
Kirby, 1902
Bird grasshoppers
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGomphocerinae
Fieber, 1853
Grasshoppers, Slant-faced grasshoppers
4
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMelanoplinae
Scudder, 1897
Spur-throated grasshoppers
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOedipodinae
Walker, 1871
Band-winged grasshoppers
3
3
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