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Checklist for Family Acrididae MacLeay, 1819 (Grasshoppers and locusts)
and region Eocene (Paleogene)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
582
3588
7202
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
579
3583
7176
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
540
3487
7033
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
60
170
261
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
21
71
93
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
7
20
22
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
6
19
21
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
2
12
12
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAcrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers
11
12
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Eocene
11 Genera with 12 Species
Acrydium Geoffroy, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Gomphocerus Thunberg, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Locusta Linnaeus, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Melanoplus Stål, 1963Spur-throat grasshoppers1SpeciesTaxom
Nanthacia Scudder, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Oedipoda Latreille, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Orthacanthacris Karsch, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Orthaeschnites Haupt, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Proschistocerca Zeuner, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Taeniopodites Cockerell, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Tyrbula Scudder, 19142SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Eocene
12 Species
Acrydium bachofeni (F. E. Zeuner, 1937)⇒ Succinotettix bachofeni Zeuner, 1937
Gomphocerus abstrusus S. H. Scudder, 1890
Locusta silens Scudder, 1890
Melanoplus elater Strohecker, 1963
Nanthacia torpida S. H. Scudder, 1890
Oedipoda praefocata Scudder, 1890
Orthacanthacris lineata Theobald, 1937
Orthaeschnites primus H. Haupt, 1956
Proschistocerca oligocaenica F. E. Zeuner, 1937
Taeniopodites pardalis T. D. A. Coc..., 1909
Tyrbula russelli Scudder, S.H., 1885
Tyrbula scudderi Cockerell, 1914

Subnodes of Acrididae with occurrences in Eocene
SubfamilyCyrtacanthacridinae
Kirby, 1902
Bird grasshoppers
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGomphocerinae
Fieber, 1853
Grasshoppers, Slant-faced grasshoppers
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMelanoplinae
Scudder, 1897
Spur-throated grasshoppers
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOedipodinae
Walker, 1871
Band-winged grasshoppers
2
2
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