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Checklist for Family Acrididae MacLeay, 1819 (Grasshoppers and locusts)
and region Lake Toxaway (Transylvania County, North Carolina, USA)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
12
18
21
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
12
18
21
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
12
18
21
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
2
6
11
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
2
6
11
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
2
6
11
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
2
6
11
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
1
5
10
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAcrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers
5
10
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Lake Toxaway
5 Genera with 10 Species
Chloealtis Harris, 18411SpeciesTaxom
Chortophaga Harris, 17731SpeciesTaxom
Dichromorpha Morse, 18622SpeciesTaxom
Melanoplus Stål, 1897Spur-throat grasshoppers5SpeciesTaxom
Spharagemon Scudder, 18751SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Lake Toxaway
10 Species
Chloealtis conspersa Harris, 1841Sprinkled Broad-Winged Grasshopper
Chortophaga viridifasciata De Geer, 1773Blushing grasshopper
Dichromorpha elegans Morse, 1896Elegant Grasshopper
Dichromorpha viridis Scudder, 1862Saltpan fiddler
Melanoplus bivittatus Say, 1825Spur-Throated Grasshoppers
Melanoplus celatus Morse, 1904
Melanoplus divergens Morse, 1904
Melanoplus tribulus Morse, 1904
Melanoplus walshii Scudder, 1897Walsh's Locust
Spharagemon bolli Scudder, 1875Boll'S Grasshopper

Subnodes of Acrididae with occurrences in Lake Toxaway
SubfamilyGomphocerinae
Fieber, 1853
Grasshoppers, Slant-faced grasshoppers
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMelanoplinae
Scudder, 1897
Spur-throated grasshoppers
1
5
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