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Checklist for Subfamily Acridinae MacLeay, 1821 (Silent slant-faced grasshoppers)
and region North America (America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
1156
31409
217039
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
1150
31356
216933
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
1053
30832
214432
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
196
1726
6404
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
49
957
3512
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
20
453
1794
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
18
446
1765
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
6
352
1534
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAcrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers
309
1446
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyAcridinae
MacLeay, 1821
Silent slant-faced grasshoppers
11
17
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for North America
11 Genera with 17 Species
Allotruxalis Rehn, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Anaeolopus Uvarov, 18151SpeciesTaxom
Eutryxalis Bruner, 18702SpeciesTaxom
Metaleptea Giglio-Tos, 17632SpeciesTaxom
Orphula Stål, 19045SpeciesTaxom
Orthochtha Karsch, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Parga Walker, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Parorphula Bruner, 19001SpeciesTaxom
Phlaeoba Stål, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoptygonotus Zheng, 19771SpeciesTaxom
Truxalis Fabricius, 18732SpeciesTaxom


Species list for North America
17 Species and 2 Subspecies
Allotruxalis gracilis Giglio-Tos, 1897
Anaeolopus dorsalis Thunberg, 1815
Eutryxalis filata Walker, 1870
Eutryxalis filata filata Walker, 1870
Metaleptea adspersa Blanchard, 1843
Metaleptea brevicornis Johannson, 1763Clipped-wing grasshopper
Orphula azteca Saussure, 1861
Orphula deserata
Orphula picturata
Orphula salina
Orphula vitripennis Bruner, 1904
Orthochtha brachycnemis brachycnemis Karsch, 1893
Parga cyanoptera Uvarov, 1926
Parorphula graminea Bruner, 1900
Phlaeoba tenebrosa Walker, 1871
Pseudoptygonotus kunmingensis Zheng, 1977
Truxalis brevicornis (Thunberg, 1815)⇒ Atractomorpha brevicornis Thunberg, 1815
Truxalis brevipenne (Thomas, C., 1873)⇒ Achurum carinatum Walker, 1870

Subnodes of Acridinae with occurrences in North America
TribeHyalopterygini
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
3
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribePhlaeobini
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeTruxalini
Serville, 1838
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom



Acridinae (MacLeay 1821)
Acridinae (MacLeay 1821)


Links, sources and further information
Acridinae at itis.gov