Checklist for Family Acrididae MacLeay, 1819 (Grasshoppers and locusts)
and region Northern Ireland (Ulster, Ireland)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 346
2290
4188 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 344
2285
4183 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 329
2252
4144 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 28
68
80 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas | 8
31
33 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers | 3
18
20 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
| 3
18
20 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
| 1
16
17 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Acrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers | 16
17 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Northern Ireland
16 Genera with 17 Species | Arphia Stål, 1781 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chorthippus Fieber, 1815 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chortophaga Harris, 1773 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eritettix Bruner, 1869 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Locusta Linnaeus, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Melanoplus Stål, 1877 | Spur-throat grasshoppers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mermiria Stål, 1838 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Myrmeleotettix Bolivar, 1815 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Omocestus Bolivar, 1893 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Orphulella Giglio-Tos, 1862 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pardalophora Saussure, 1838 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paroxya Scudder, 1877 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudochorthippus Defaut, 1821 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Schistocerca Stål, 1770 | Bird grasshoppers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Syrbula Stål, 1864 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Thisoicetrinus Uvarov, 1833 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Northern Ireland
17 Species | Arphia sulphurea Fabricius, 1781 | Spring Yellow-winged Locust | | Chorthippus (Glyptobothrus) brunneus Thunberg, 1815 | Common Field Grasshopper | | Chortophaga viridifasciata De Geer, 1773 | Blushing grasshopper | | Eritettix simplex Scudder, 1869 | Velvet-striped Grasshopper | | Locusta migratoria Linnaeus, 1758 | African migratory locust | | Melanoplus angustipennis Dodge, 1877 | Narrow-winged Locust | | Mermiria bivittata Serville, 1838 | Two-Striped Mermiria Grasshopper | | Myrmeleotettix maculatus Thunberg, 1815 | Common Club Grasshopper | | Omocestus (Omocestus) viridulus Sahlberg, 1893 | Common green grasshopper | | Orphulella pelidna Burmeister, 1838 | Spotted-Wing Grasshopper | | Orphulella speciosa Scudder, 1862 | Pasture Grasshopper | | Pardalophora phoenicoptera Burmeister, 1838 | Orange-Winged Grasshopper | | Paroxya atlantica Scudder, 1877 | Atlantic Grasshopper | | Pseudochorthippus parallelus Zetterstedt, 1821 | Meadow Grasshopper | | Schistocerca americana Drury, 1770 | American bird grasshopper | | Syrbula admirabilis Uhler, 1864 | Handsome Grasshopper | | Thisoicetrinus pterostichus (Fischer von ..., 1833) | ⇒ Heteracris pterosticha Fischer von ..., 1833 |
Subnodes of Acrididae with occurrences in Northern Ireland
 | | Acrididae (MacLeay 1819) |
Links, sources and further information Acrididae at artfakta.se
Acrididae at dyntaxa.se
Acrididae at gbif.org
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