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Checklist for Family Acrididae MacLeay, 1819 (Grasshoppers and locusts)
and region Saint Lucia (Lesser Antilles)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
198
1056
1581
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
198
1056
1581
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
191
1026
1544
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
15
37
37
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
6
21
18
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
2
17
14
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
2
17
14
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
1
16
14
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAcrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers
16
14
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Saint Lucia
16 Genera with 14 Species
Abisares Stål, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Acrotylus Fieber, 1786burrowing grasshoppers1SpeciesTaxom
Aidemona Brunner, 19471SpeciesTaxom
Barytettix Scudder, 19252SpeciesTaxom
Boopedon Thomas, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Dichromorpha Morse, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Dissosteira Scudder, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Haroldgrantia Carbonell, R..., 19671SpeciesTaxom
Heliastus Saussure, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Lactista Saussure, 1884
0SpeciesTaxom
Machaerocera Saussure, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Melanoplus Stål, 1919Spur-throat grasshoppers1SpeciesTaxom
Oedaleonotus Scudder, 19191SpeciesTaxom
Oedipoda Latreille, 18921SpeciesTaxom
Tomonotus Saussure, 1861
0SpeciesTaxom
Trimerotropis Stål, 1873
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Saint Lucia
14 Species and 1 Subspecies
Abisares viridipennis hylaeus Rehn, J.A.G., 1914
Acrotylus insubricus (Scopoli, 1786)⇒ Acrotylus fischeri Azam, 1901
Aidemona amrami Roberts, 1947
Barytettix nigrofasciatus Cohn & Cantrall, 1974
Barytettix poecila Hebard, 1925
Boopedon flaviventris Bruner, 1904
Dichromorpha prominula Bruner, 1904
Dissosteira pictipennis Bruner, 1905California Rose-Winged Grasshopper
Haroldgrantia lignosa Carbonell, R..., 1967
Heliastus benjamini Caudell, 1905Arroyo Grasshopper
Machaerocera mexicana Saussure, 1859
Melanoplus aspasmus Hebard, 1919
Oedaleonotus phryneicus Hebard, 1919
Oedipoda canariensis Krauss, 1892Canarian Band-Winged Grasshopper

Subnodes of Acrididae with occurrences in Saint Lucia
SubfamilyCatantopinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
Spur-throated grasshoppers, Spur-throated Grasshoppers and Locusts
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

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

Taxom

SubfamilyLeptysminae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
Spur-throat toothpick grasshoppers
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMelanoplinae
Scudder, 1897
Spur-throated grasshoppers
4
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOedipodinae
Walker, 1871
Band-winged grasshoppers
8
5
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