Checklist for Family Acrididae MacLeay, 1819 (Grasshoppers and locusts)
and region Malta (Europe)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 219
1410
2522 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 217
1408
2520 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 214
1399
2507 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 17
73
140 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas | 4
16
20 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers | 2
10
11 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
| 2
10
11 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
| 1
9
10 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Acrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers | 9
10 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Malta
9 Genera with 10 Species
Species list for Malta
10 Species | Acrotylus patruelis Herrich-Scha..., 1838 | Slender Burrowing Grasshopper | | Aiolopus strepens Latreille, 1804 | Broad Green-winged Grasshopper | | Anacridium aegyptium Linnaeus, 1764 | Egyptian Grasshopper | | Calliptamus barbarus Costa, 1836 | Eurasian Pincer Grasshopper | | Chorthippus (Glyptobothrus) biguttulus Linnaeus, 1758 | Bow-winged Grasshopper | | Chorthippus (Glyptobothrus) brunneus Thunberg, 1815 | Common Field Grasshopper | | Eyprepocnemis plorans Charpentier, 1825 | Lamenting Grasshopper | | Gomphocerus sibiricus (Linnaeus, 1767) | ⇒ Gomphocerus kudia Caudell, 1928 | | Oedipoda caerulescens Linnaeus, 1758 | Blue Band-winged Grasshopper | | Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) caerulans Linnaeus, 1767 | Blue-winged locust |
Subnodes of Acrididae with occurrences in Malta
 | | Acrididae (MacLeay 1819) |
Links, sources and further information Acrididae at artfakta.se
Acrididae at dyntaxa.se
Acrididae at gbif.org
Acrididae at itis.gov
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