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Checklist for Infraorder Acrididea Song & al., 2015
and region West Elgin (Elgin County, Ontario, Canada)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
115
304
359
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
115
304
359
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
103
278
329
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
4
8
7
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
2
5
7
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
1
4
6
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
1
4
6
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for West Elgin
1 Family width 6 Species and 1 Subspecies
Acrididae MacLeay, 1819Grasshoppers and locusts6SpeciesTaxom


Genera for West Elgin
4 Genera with 6 Species
Abisares Stål, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Arphia Stål, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Melanoplus Stål, 1798Spur-throat grasshoppers3SpeciesTaxom
Pseudochorthippus Defaut, 18351SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West Elgin
6 Species and 1 Subspecies
Abisares viridipennis hylaeus Rehn, J.A.G., 1914
Arphia conspersa Scudder, 1875Speckle-winged Rangeland Grasshopper
Melanoplus bruneri (Scudder, 1897)⇒ Aeoloplides turnbulli bruneri Caudell, 1907
Melanoplus femurrubrum De Geer, 1773Red-legged grasshopper
Melanoplus sanguinipes Fabricius, 1798Migratory grasshopper
Pseudochorthippus curtipennis Harris, 1835Marsh Meadow Grasshopper


Links, sources and further information
Acrididea at itis.gov