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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
634
4230
9101
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
631
4225
9075
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
586
4092
8841
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
64
211
344
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
24
91
123
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
9
25
33
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
8
24
32
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
2
14
19
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAcrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers
13
19
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Paleogene
13 Genera with 19 Species
Acrydium Geoffroy, 18482SpeciesTaxom
Gomphocerus Thunberg, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Locusta Linnaeus, 18902SpeciesTaxom
Melanoplus Stål, 1963Spur-throat grasshoppers1SpeciesTaxom
Menatacridium Piton, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Nanthacia Scudder, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Ochrilidia Stål, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Oedipoda Latreille, 19372SpeciesTaxom
Orthacanthacris Karsch, 19373SpeciesTaxom
Orthaeschnites Haupt, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Proschistocerca Zeuner, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Taeniopodites Cockerell, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Tyrbula Scudder, 19142SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Paleogene
19 Species
Acrydium bachofeni (F. E. Zeuner, 1937)⇒ Succinotettix bachofeni Zeuner, 1937
Acrydium barthelemyi Hope, 1848
Gomphocerus abstrusus S. H. Scudder, 1890
Locusta exstincta Germar, 1837
Locusta silens Scudder, 1890
Melanoplus elater Strohecker, 1963
Menatacridium eocenicum Piton, 1936
Nanthacia torpida S. H. Scudder, 1890
Ochrilidia lineata L. Piton, 1940
Oedipoda praefocata Scudder, 1890
Oedipoda saussurei N. Theobald, 1937
Orthacanthacris incertus L. Piton, 1940
Orthacanthacris lineata Theobald, 1937
Orthacanthacris rhenana N. 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 Paleogene
SubfamilyCyrtacanthacridinae
Kirby, 1902
Bird grasshoppers
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGomphocerinae
Fieber, 1853
Grasshoppers, Slant-faced grasshoppers
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

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

Taxom

SubfamilyOedipodinae
Walker, 1871
Band-winged grasshoppers
2
4
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