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Checklist for Infraorder Acrididea Song & al., 2015
and region Windward Islands (Antilles)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
355
2533
4360
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
353
2531
4358
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
345
2499
4310
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
30
108
160
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
12
50
77
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
2
9
10
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
2
9
10
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Windward Islands
2 Families width 10 Species and 3 Subspecies
Acrididae (MacLeay, 1819)Grasshoppers and locusts9SpeciesTaxom
Pamphagidae (Burmeister, 1840)Toad grasshopper1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Windward Islands
9 Genera with 10 Species
Abisares Stål, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Caletes Redtenbacher, 18921SpeciesTaxom
Eumigus Bolivar, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Gastrimargus Saussure, 18151SpeciesTaxom
Orphulella Giglio-Tos, 17731SpeciesTaxom
Orphulina Giglio-Tos, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Schistocerca Stål, 1824Bird grasshoppers5SpeciesTaxom
Sphingonotus Fieber, 1852
0SpeciesTaxom
Thisoicetrinus Uvarov, 18331SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Windward Islands
10 Species and 3 Subspecies
Abisares viridipennis hylaeus Rehn, J.A.G., 1914
Caletes apterus Redtenbacher, 1892
Eumigus monticola (Rambur, 1838)⇒ Eumigus monticolus Rambur, 1838
Gastrimargus marmoratus Thunberg, 1815
Orphulella punctata De Geer, 1773Slant-faced Grasshopper
Orphulina balloui Rehn, 1905
Schistocerca americana Drury, 1770American bird grasshopper
Schistocerca columbina (Thunberg, 1824)⇒ Schistocerca nitens columbina Thunberg, 1824
Schistocerca nitens Thunberg, 1815Gray bird grasshopper
Schistocerca nitens caribbeana Dirsh, 1974
Schistocerca nitens columbina Thunberg, 1824
Thisoicetrinus pterostichus (Fischer von ..., 1833)⇒ Heteracris pterosticha Fischer von ..., 1833


Links, sources and further information
Acrididea at itis.gov