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Checklist for Superfamily Acridoidea MacLeay, 1819
and region America (Continents)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
1321
50475
424947
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
1315
50409
424765
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
1179
49568
420027
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
227
3446
17386
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
53
2022
9686
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
22
980
4348
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
19
969
4215
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
6
747
3307
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for America
6 Families width 3307 Species and 372 Subspecies
Acrididae MacLeay, 1819Grasshoppers and locusts2669SpeciesTaxom
Dericorythidae Jacobson & B..., 19022SpeciesTaxom
Ommexechidae Bolivar, 188445SpeciesTaxom
Pamphagidae Burmeister, 1840Toad grasshopper17SpeciesTaxom
Romaleidae Brunner von ..., 1893Lubber grasshopper543SpeciesTaxom
Tristiridae Rehn, 190631SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Acridoidea with occurrences in America
FamilyAcrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers, Shorthorned Grasshoppers
579
2669
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyDericorythidae
Jacobson & Bianchi, 1902
3
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyOmmexechidae
Bolivar, 1884
13
45
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPamphagidae
Burmeister, 1840
toad grasshopper, Toad grasshoppers
14
17
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyRomaleidae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
lubber grasshopper, Lubber grasshoppers
119
543
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyTristiridae
Rehn, 1906
19
31
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Acridoidea at itis.gov