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Checklist for Infraorder Acrididea Song & al., 2015
and region Gran Canaria (Canary Islands)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
68
228
310
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
67
227
309
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
66
226
307
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
7
21
23
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
5
19
21
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
1
11
13
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
1
11
13
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Gran Canaria
1 Family width 13 Species
Acrididae (MacLeay, 1819)Grasshoppers and locusts13SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Gran Canaria
11 Genera with 13 Species
Acrotylus Fieber, 1786burrowing grasshoppers1SpeciesTaxom
Arminda Krauss, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Calliptamus Serville, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Dociostaurus Fieber, 1815cross-backed grasshoppers1SpeciesTaxom
Heteracris Walker, 1870
0SpeciesTaxom
Locusta Linnaeus, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Oedipoda Latreille, 18922SpeciesTaxom
Schistocerca Stål, 1775Bird grasshoppers1SpeciesTaxom
Scintharista Saussure, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Sphingonotus Fieber, 18703SpeciesTaxom
Truxalis Fabricius, 17581SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Gran Canaria
13 Species
Acrotylus insubricus (Scopoli, 1786)⇒ Acrotylus fischeri Azam, 1901
Arminda (Arminda) burri Uvarov, 1935Gran Canaria Rock Grasshopper
Calliptamus plebeius Walker, 1870Canarian Pincer Grasshopper
Dociostaurus (Dociostaurus) maroccanus Thunberg, 1815Moroccan Cross-backed Grasshopper
Locusta migratoria Linnaeus, 1758African migratory locust
Oedipoda caerulescens Linnaeus, 1758Blue Band-winged Grasshopper
Oedipoda canariensis Krauss, 1892Canarian Band-Winged Grasshopper
Schistocerca gregaria Forskål, 1775Desert locust
Scintharista notabilis Walker, 1870
Sphingonotus (Neosphingonotus) sublaevis Bolivar, 1908Red Sand Grasshopper
Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) guanchus Johnsen, 1985Gran Canaria Sand Grasshopper
Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) rubescens Walker, 1870
Truxalis nasuta (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Truxalis viridifasciata Krauss, 1902


Links, sources and further information
Acrididea at itis.gov