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Checklist for Infraorder Acrididea Song & al., 2015
and region Pittier Station (Henri Pittier National Park, Venezuela)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
205
1600
1618
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
205
1600
1618
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
198
1591
1609
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
15
33
23
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
5
20
15
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
4
8
9
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
3
7
7
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Pittier Station
3 Families width 7 Species
Acrididae MacLeay, 1819Grasshoppers and locusts5SpeciesTaxom
Eumastacidae Burr, 1898Matchstick grasshoppers1SpeciesTaxom
Romaleidae (Brunner von ..., 1893)Lubber grasshopper1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Pittier Station
7 Genera with 7 Species
Ampelophilus Hebard, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Homeomastax Descamps, 20011SpeciesTaxom
Micropaon Descamps & R..., 19841SpeciesTaxom
Rhachicreagra Rehn, 20001SpeciesTaxom
Schistocerca Stål, 1815Bird grasshoppers1SpeciesTaxom
Silvitettix Bruner, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Tropidacris Scudder, 17581SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Pittier Station
7 Species
Ampelophilus olivaceus Giglio-Tos, 1897
Homeomastax acrita Rowell & Ben..., 2001
Micropaon lucens Descamps & R..., 1984
Rhachicreagra apopsis Rowell, 2000
Schistocerca nitens Thunberg, 1815Gray bird grasshopper
Silvitettix communis Bruner, 1904
Tropidacris cristata (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Tropidacris collaris Stoll, 1813


Links, sources and further information
Acrididea at itis.gov