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Checklist for Infraorder Acrididea Song & al., 2015
and region St. Thomas (U.S. Virgin Islands)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
131
509
601
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
131
509
601
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
127
498
590
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
14
24
24
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
5
13
13
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
1
6
7
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
1
6
7
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for St. Thomas
1 Family width 7 Species
Acrididae MacLeay, 1819Grasshoppers and locusts7SpeciesTaxom


Genera for St. Thomas
6 Genera with 7 Species
Achurum Saussure, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Dissosteira Scudder, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Dissosteria1SpeciesTaxom
Encoptolophus Scudder, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Melanoplus Stål, 1798Spur-throat grasshoppers2SpeciesTaxom
Rhammatocerus Saussure, 17751SpeciesTaxom


Species list for St. Thomas
7 Species
Achurum minimipenne Caudell, 1904
Dissosteira carolina Linnaeus, 1758Carolina Grasshopper
Dissosteria carolina
Encoptolophus sordidus Burmeister, 1838Clouded Grasshopper
Melanoplus femurrubrum De Geer, 1773Red-legged grasshopper
Melanoplus sanguinipes Fabricius, 1798Migratory grasshopper
Rhammatocerus cyanipes Fabricius, 1775


Links, sources and further information
Acrididea at itis.gov