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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
193
796
1475
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
192
795
1474
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
188
791
1469
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
19
36
37
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
8
18
19
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
3
8
9
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
3
8
9
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
3
8
9
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAcrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers
6
8
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Quaternary
6 Genera with 8 Species
Chorthippus Fieber, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Gomphocerus Thunberg, 17671SpeciesTaxom
Melanoplus Stål, 1846Spur-throat grasshoppers3SpeciesTaxom
Miramella Dovnar-Zapol..., 18331SpeciesTaxom
Stenobothrus Fischer, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Thisoicetrinus Uvarov, 18331SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Quaternary
8 Species
Chorthippus angulatus Tarbinsky, 1927
Gomphocerus sibiricus (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Gomphocerus kudia Caudell, 1928
Melanoplus differentialis Thomas, 1865Differential grasshopper
Melanoplus elater Strohecker, 1963
Melanoplus frigidus Boheman, 1846High Mountain Grasshopper
Miramella (Kisella) alpina Kollar, 1833Alpine Gebirgsschrecke
Stenobothrus posthumoides Zeuner, 1934
Thisoicetrinus pterostichus (Fischer von ..., 1833)⇒ Heteracris pterosticha Fischer von ..., 1833

Subnodes of Acrididae with occurrences in Quaternary
SubfamilyEyprepocnemidinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGomphocerinae
Fieber, 1853
Grasshoppers, Slant-faced grasshoppers
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMelanoplinae
Scudder, 1897
Spur-throated 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