Checklist for Family Acrididae MacLeay, 1819 (Grasshoppers and locusts)
and region Windward Islands (Antilles)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 355
2533
4360 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 353
2531
4358 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 345
2499
4310 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 30
108
160 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas | 12
50
77 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers | 2
9
10 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
| 2
9
10 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
| 2
9
10 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Acrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers | 8
9 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Windward Islands
8 Genera with 9 Species
Species list for Windward Islands
9 Species and 3 Subspecies | Abisares viridipennis hylaeus Rehn, J.A.G., 1914 | | | Caletes apterus Redtenbacher, 1892 | | | Gastrimargus marmoratus Thunberg, 1815 | | | Orphulella punctata De Geer, 1773 | Slant-faced Grasshopper | | Orphulina balloui Rehn, 1905 | | | Schistocerca americana Drury, 1770 | American bird grasshopper | | Schistocerca columbina (Thunberg, 1824) | ⇒ Schistocerca nitens columbina Thunberg, 1824 | | Schistocerca nitens Thunberg, 1815 | Gray bird grasshopper | | Schistocerca nitens caribbeana Dirsh, 1974 | | | Schistocerca nitens columbina Thunberg, 1824 | | | Thisoicetrinus pterostichus (Fischer von ..., 1833) | ⇒ Heteracris pterosticha Fischer von ..., 1833 |
Subnodes of Acrididae with occurrences in Windward Islands
 | | 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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