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Checklist for Infraorder Acrididea Song & al., 2015
and region Comox Valley (Central Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
198
662
803
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
198
662
803
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
186
636
767
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
10
22
25
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
3
12
13
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
1
8
10
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
1
8
10
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Comox Valley
1 Family width 10 Species and 1 Subspecies
Acrididae MacLeay, 1819Grasshoppers and locusts10SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Comox Valley
8 Genera with 10 Species
Abisares Stål, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Arphia Stål, 1873
0SpeciesTaxom
Camnula Stål, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Dissosteira Scudder, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Melanoplus Stål, 1798Spur-throat grasshoppers4SpeciesTaxom
Orphulella Giglio-Tos, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Spharagemon Scudder, 1875
0SpeciesTaxom
Trimerotropis Stål, 18382SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Comox Valley
10 Species and 1 Subspecies
Abisares viridipennis hylaeus Rehn, J.A.G., 1914
Camnula pellucida Scudder, 1862Clear-winged Grasshopper
Dissosteira carolina Linnaeus, 1758Carolina Grasshopper
Melanoplus bivittatus Say, 1825Spur-Throated Grasshoppers
Melanoplus femurrubrum De Geer, 1773Red-legged grasshopper
Melanoplus mexicanus Saussure, 1861
Melanoplus sanguinipes Fabricius, 1798Migratory grasshopper
Orphulella pelidna Burmeister, 1838Spotted-Wing Grasshopper
Trimerotropis fontana Thomas, 1876
Trimerotropis pallidipennis Burmeister, 1838Pallid-winged grasshopper


Links, sources and further information
Acrididea at itis.gov