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Checklist for Infraorder Acrididea Song & al., 2015
and region Aurora Township (Kane County, Illinois, USA)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
6
11
16
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
6
11
16
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
6
11
16
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
2
6
11
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
2
6
11
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
1
2
4
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
1
2
4
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Aurora Township
1 Family width 4 Species
Acrididae MacLeay, 1819Grasshoppers and locusts4SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Aurora Township
2 Genera with 4 Species
Melanoplus Stål, 1773Spur-throat grasshoppers3SpeciesTaxom
Paroxya Scudder, 18921SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Aurora Township
4 Species
Melanoplus bivittatus Say, 1825Spur-Throated Grasshoppers
Melanoplus differentialis Thomas, 1865Differential grasshopper
Melanoplus femurrubrum De Geer, 1773Red-legged grasshopper
Paroxya hoosieri Blatchley, 1892Hoosier Locust


Links, sources and further information
Acrididea at itis.gov