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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
707
11317
47199
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
704
11307
47184
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
673
11100
46296
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
69
376
921
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
27
202
406
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
9
102
222
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
8
100
217
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
3
84
195
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Canada
3 Families width 195 Species and 29 Subspecies
Acrididae MacLeay, 1819Grasshoppers and locusts189SpeciesTaxom
Pamphagidae Burmeister, 1840Toad grasshopper5SpeciesTaxom
Romaleidae Brunner von ..., 1893Lubber grasshopper1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Canada
84 Genera with 195 Species
#ABCDEGHMNOPRSTX
Abisares Stål, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Acrolophitus Thomas, 18251SpeciesTaxom
Aeoloplides Caudell, 19072SpeciesTaxom
Aerochoreutes Rehn, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Aeropedellus Hebard, 18732SpeciesTaxom
Ageneotettix McNeill, 18761SpeciesTaxom
Amblytropidia Stål, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Amphitornus McNeill, 18973SpeciesTaxom
Arphia Stål, 17815SpeciesTaxom
Asemoplus Scudder, 18851SpeciesTaxom
Aulocara Scudder, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Bohemanella DeLong & Fre..., 19211SpeciesTaxom
Booneacris Rehn and Ran..., 18973SpeciesTaxom
Boopedon Thomas, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Bradynotes Scudder, 18721SpeciesTaxom
Bruneria McNeill, 19692SpeciesTaxom
Brunneria Saussure, 1969Brunner´s Stick Mantis3SpeciesTaxom
Buckellacris Rehn and Rehn, 18984SpeciesTaxom
Calliptamus Serville, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Camnula Stål, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Campylacantha Scudder, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Catantops Schaum, 19841SpeciesTaxom
Chloealtis Harris, 18412SpeciesTaxom
Chloealtus1SpeciesTaxom
Chorthippus Fieber, 18355SpeciesTaxom
Chortophaga Harris, 17731SpeciesTaxom
Circotettix Scudder, 18723SpeciesTaxom
Conozoa Saussure, 18761SpeciesTaxom
Cordillacris Rehn, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Cratypedes Scudder, 18702SpeciesTaxom
Dichromorpha Morse, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Diraneura Scudder, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Dissosteira Scudder, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Dissosteria1SpeciesTaxom
Dociostaurus Fieber, 1848cross-backed grasshoppers1SpeciesTaxom
Encoptolophus Scudder, 18623SpeciesTaxom
Eritettix Bruner, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Euchorthippus Tarbinskij, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Eunapiodes Bolivar, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Gomphocerippus Roberts, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Hadrotettix Scudder, 18251SpeciesTaxom
Hesperotettix Scudder, 18973SpeciesTaxom
Heteracris Walker, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Hypochlora Brunner, 18761SpeciesTaxom
Melanoplus Stål, 1875Spur-throat grasshoppers62SpeciesTaxom
Mermiria Stål, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Metator McNeill, 18842SpeciesTaxom
Micropodisma Dovnar-Zapol..., 19131SpeciesTaxom
Mioedipoda Stidham & St..., 20001SpeciesTaxom
Miramella Dovnar-Zapol..., 18331SpeciesTaxom
Myrmeleotettix Bolivar, 18151SpeciesTaxom
Nocaracris Uvarov, 19511SpeciesTaxom
Ocneridia Bolivar, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Oedipoda Latreille, 18482SpeciesTaxom
Omocestus Bolivar, 18932SpeciesTaxom
Opeia McNeill, 18721SpeciesTaxom
Orphulella Giglio-Tos, 18623SpeciesTaxom
Orthoscapheus Bruner, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Oxya Serville, 19941SpeciesTaxom
Pachypodisma Dovnar-Zapol..., 19171SpeciesTaxom
Paranocaracris Mishchenko, 19512SpeciesTaxom
Paratylotropidia Brunner, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Pardalophora Saussure, 18383SpeciesTaxom
Paroxya Scudder, 18922SpeciesTaxom
Phlibostroma Scudder, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Phoetaliotes Scudder, 18721SpeciesTaxom
Poecilotettix Scudder, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Pseudochorthippus Defaut, 18214SpeciesTaxom
Pseudopomala Morse, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Psoloessa Scudder, 19372SpeciesTaxom
Rhabdophilacris Descamps, 19761SpeciesTaxom
Schistocerca Stål, 1798Bird grasshoppers5SpeciesTaxom
Spharagemon Scudder, 18947SpeciesTaxom
Sphenophyma Uvarov, 18761SpeciesTaxom
Stenobothrus Fischer, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Stethophyma Fischer, 18623SpeciesTaxom
Syrbula Stål, 18641SpeciesTaxom
Thisoicetrinus Uvarov, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Trachyrhachys Scudder, 18721SpeciesTaxom
Traulia Stål, 19851SpeciesTaxom
Trimerotropis Stål, 198419SpeciesTaxom
Tylotropidius Stål, 19901SpeciesTaxom
Xanthippus Saussure, 18725SpeciesTaxom
Xyleus Gistel, 18781SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Canada
195 Species and 29 Subspecies
Abisares viridipennis hylaeus Rehn, J.A.G., 1914
Acrolophitus hirtipes Say, 1825Green Fool Grasshopper
Aeoloplides turnbulli Thomas, 1872Delicate stilt crab
Aeoloplides turnbulli bruneri Caudell, 1907
Aerochoreutes carlinianus (Thomas, C., 1870)⇒ Circotettix carlinianus Thomas, 1870
Aeropedellus arcticus Hebard, 1935
Aeropedellus clavatus Thomas, 1873Club-horned Grasshopper
Ageneotettix deorum Scudder, 1876White Whiskers Grasshopper
Amblytropidia corumbae Bruner, 1911
Amphitornus coloradus Thomas, 1873Striped Grasshopper
Amphitornus coloradus coloradus Thomas, 1873
Amphitornus coloradus ornatus (McNeill, 1897)⇒ Amphitornus coloradus coloradus Thomas, 1873
Arphia conspersa Scudder, 1875Speckle-winged Rangeland Grasshopper
Arphia pseudo-nietana Thomas, 1870Red-winged Grasshopper
Arphia pseudonietana Thomas, 1870Red-winged Grasshopper
Arphia simplex Scudder, 1875Plains Yellow-Winged Grasshopper
Arphia sulphurea Fabricius, 1781Spring Yellow-winged Locust
Asemoplus montanus Bruner, 1885
Aulocara elliotti Thomas, 1870Big-headed grasshopper
Bohemanella frigida (Fruhstorfer, 1921)⇒ Melanoplus frigidus Boheman, 1846
Booneacris glacialis Scudder, 1862Saltpan fiddler
Booneacris glacialis canadensis Walker, E.M., 1903Northern Wingless Locust
Booneacris variegata Scudder, 1897Variegated Wingless Locust
Boopedon gracile Rehn, 1904Graceful Range Grasshopper
Bradynotes obesa Thomas, 1872Delicate stilt crab
Bruneria brunnea (Thomas, 1871)⇒ Brunneria brunnea Thomas, 1871
Bruneria yukonensis (Vickery, 1969)⇒ Brunneria yukonensis Vickery, 1969
Brunneria borealis Scudder, 1896American stick mantis
Brunneria brunnea Thomas, 1871
Brunneria yukonensis Vickery, 1969
Buckellacris chilcotinae Hebard, 1922
Buckellacris chilcotinae chilcotinae Hebard, 1922
Buckellacris hispida Bruner, 1885
Buckellacris nuda Walker, 1898
Calliptamus tenuicercis Tarbinsky, 1930
Camnula pellucida Scudder, 1862Clear-winged Grasshopper
Campylacantha olivacea Scudder, 1875
Catantops ochthephilus Jago, 1984
Chloealtis abdominalis Thomas, 1873
Chloealtis conspersa Harris, 1841Sprinkled Broad-Winged Grasshopper
Chloealtus conspersa
Chorthippus (Chorthippus) dorsatus (Zetterstedt, 1821)⇒ Chorthippus parallelus parallelus Zetterstedt, 1821
Chorthippus (Glyptobothrus) biguttulus Linnaeus, 1758Bow-winged Grasshopper
Chorthippus (Glyptobothrus) brunneus Thunberg, 1815Common Field Grasshopper
Chorthippus curtipennis Harris, T.W., 1835
Chorthippus curtipennis curtipennis Harris, T.W., 1835
Chortophaga viridifasciata De Geer, 1773Blushing grasshopper
Circotettix carlinianus Thomas, 1870Carlinian Snapper Grasshopper
Circotettix rabula Rehn & Hebard, 1906Wrangler Grasshopper
Circotettix undulatus Thomas, 1872Delicate stilt crab
Conozoa sulcifrons Scudder, 1876Groove-Headed Grasshopper
Cordillacris occipitalis Thomas, 1873Spotted-Winged Grasshopper
Cratypedes lateritius Saussure, 1884Nevada Red-Winged Grasshopper
Cratypedes neglectus Thomas, 1870Pronotal Range Grasshopper
Dichromorpha viridis Scudder, 1862Saltpan fiddler
Diraneura bivenosa Scudder, 1869
Dissosteira carolina Linnaeus, 1758Carolina Grasshopper
Dissosteria carolina
Dociostaurus (Kazakia) brevicollis Eversmann, 1848Intermediate Cross-backed Grasshopper
Encoptolophus costalis Scudder, 1862Dusky Grasshopper
Encoptolophus sordidus Burmeister, 1838Clouded Grasshopper
Encoptolophus sordidus costalis (Scudder, S.H., 1862)⇒ Encoptolophus costalis Scudder, 1862
Eritettix simplex Scudder, 1869Velvet-striped Grasshopper
Euchorthippus elegantulus Zeuner, 1940Elegant Straw Grasshopper
Eunapiodes latipes (Bolivar, 1912)⇒ Eunapiodes granosus latipes Bolivar, 1912
Gomphocerippus rufus Linnaeus, 1758Rufous grasshopper
Hadrotettix trifasciatus Say, 1825Threebanded Grasshopper
Hesperotettix speciosus Scudder, 1872
Hesperotettix viridis Thomas, 1872Delicate stilt crab
Hesperotettix viridis pratensis Scudder, S.H., 1897
Heteracris pterosticha Fischer von ..., 1833
Hypochlora alba Dodge, 1876Cudweed Grasshopper
Melanoplus acrophilus Hebard, 1935
Melanoplus alpinus (Scudder, 1897)⇒ Miramella alpina alpina Kollar, 1833
Melanoplus angularis Little, 1932
Melanoplus angustipennis Dodge, 1877Narrow-winged Locust
Melanoplus bivitattus
Melanoplus bivittatus Say, 1825Spur-Throated Grasshoppers
Melanoplus borealis Fieber, 1853Northern grasshopper
Melanoplus borealis borealis Fieber, 1853
Melanoplus bowditchi Scudder, 1878Rightwing macoma
Melanoplus bruneri (Scudder, 1897)⇒ Aeoloplides turnbulli bruneri Caudell, 1907
Melanoplus cinereus Scudder, 1878Rightwing macoma
Melanoplus confusus Scudder, 1897Little Pasture Locust
Melanoplus dawsoni Scudder, 1875Dawson Grasshopper
Melanoplus deceptus Morse, 1904
Melanoplus differentialis Thomas, 1865Differential grasshopper
Melanoplus differentialis differentialis Thomas, 1865Differential Locust
Melanoplus digitifer Hebard, 1936
Melanoplus elater Strohecker, 1963
Melanoplus eurycercus Hebard, 1920
Melanoplus fasciatus Walker, 1870Huckleberry Grasshopper
Melanoplus femurrubrum De Geer, 1773Red-legged grasshopper
Melanoplus femurrubrum femurrumbrum
Melanoplus flavidus Scudder, 1878Blue-legged Locust
Melanoplus foedus Scudder, 1878Rightwing macoma
Melanoplus frigidus Boheman, 1846High Mountain Grasshopper
Melanoplus gaspesiensis Vickery, 1970
Melanoplus gladstoni Scudder, 1897Gladston Grasshopper
Melanoplus huroni Blatchley, 1898Huron Short-winged Locust
Melanoplus infantilis Scudder, 1878Little spur-throat grasshopper
Melanoplus islandicus Blatchley, 1898Island Locust
Melanoplus keeleri Thomas, 1874Keeler Grasshopper
Melanoplus keeleri luridus Dodge, G.M., 1876Broad-necked Locust
Melanoplus kennicotti Scudder, 1878Kennicott grasshopper
Melanoplus kennicottii Scudder, 1878Kennicott's Grasshopper
Melanoplus macclungi Rehn, 1946
Melanoplus madeleineae Vickery & Kevan, 1977
Melanoplus mancus Smith, 1868Smith'S Spur-Throat Grasshopper
Melanoplus mexicanus Saussure, 1861
Melanoplus montanus Thomas, 1873
Melanoplus occidentalis Thomas, 1872Delicate stilt crab
Melanoplus oregonensis Thomas, 1875
Melanoplus packardii Scudder, 1878Packard grasshopper
Melanoplus packardii brooksi Vickery, 1979
Melanoplus plebejus Stål, 1878
Melanoplus ponderosus Scudder, 1875Spur-throated Grasshopper
Melanoplus punctulatus Scudder, 1863Delicate stilt crab
Melanoplus punctulatus griseus Thomas, 1872
Melanoplus punctulatus punctulatus Scudder, S.H., 1862Grizzly Grasshopper
Melanoplus rugglesi Gurney, 1949Nevada sage grasshoper
Melanoplus sanguinipes Fabricius, 1798Migratory grasshopper
Melanoplus sanguinipes sanguinipes Fabricius, 1798Migratory Grasshopper
Melanoplus scudderi Uhler, 1864Scudder's Short-winged Locust
Melanoplus scudderi scudderi Uhler, 1864Scudder´s Short-winged Locust
Melanoplus spretus Walsh, 1866Rocky Mountain grasshopper
Melanoplus stonei Rehn, 1904Stone's Locust
Melanoplus triangularis (Hebard, 1928)⇒ Melanoplus oregonensis Thomas, 1875
Melanoplus tunicae Hebard, 1920
Melanoplus viridipes (Scudder, 1897)⇒ Melanoplus hubbelli Hebard, 1935
Melanoplus viridipes eurycercus (Hebard, 1920)⇒ Melanoplus eurycercus Hebard, 1920
Melanoplus walshii Scudder, 1897Walsh's Locust
Melanoplus washingtonius Bruner, 1885
Melanoplus yarrowii Thomas, 1875
Mermiria bivittata Serville, 1838Two-Striped Mermiria Grasshopper
Metator nevadensis Bruner, 1905
Metator pardalinus Saussure, 1884Blue-legged Grasshopper
Micropodisma koenigi Burr, 1913
Mioedipoda reisereri Stidham, T.A..., 2000
Miramella alpina alpina Kollar, 1833Green Mountain Grasshopper
Myrmeleotettix maculatus Thunberg, 1815Common Club Grasshopper
Nocaracris curtus Mishchenko, 1951
Ocneridia volxemii Bolivar, 1878
Oedipoda caerulescens Linnaeus, 1758Blue Band-winged Grasshopper
Oedipoda homoptera (Eversmann, 1848)⇒ Euthystira brachyptera brachyptera Ocskay, 1826
Omocestus (Omocestus) rufipes (Zetterstedt, 1821)⇒ Pezotettix giornae Rossi, 1794
Omocestus (Omocestus) viridulus Sahlberg, 1893Common green grasshopper
Opeia obscura Thomas, 1872Delicate stilt crab
Orphulella pelidna Burmeister, 1838Spotted-Wing Grasshopper
Orphulella pelidna desereta (Scudder, S.H., 1899)⇒ Orphulella pelidna Burmeister, 1838
Orphulella speciosa Scudder, 1862Pasture Grasshopper
Orthoscapheus coriaceus Liebermann, 1939
Oxya flavefemura Ma, Guo & Zheng, 1994
Pachypodisma lezgina Uvarov, 1917
Paranocaracris granosus Mishchenko, 1951
Paranocaracris rimansonae ventosus Mishchenko, 1951
Paratylotropidia brunneri Scudder, 1897
Pardalophora apiculata Harris, 1835Coral-Winged Grasshopper
Pardalophora haldemanii Scudder, 1872Haldeman's Locust
Pardalophora phoenicoptera Burmeister, 1838Orange-Winged Grasshopper
Paroxya hooseri
Paroxya hoosieri Blatchley, 1892Hoosier Locust
Phlibostroma quadrimaculatum Thomas, 1871Four-Spotted Grasshopper
Phoetaliotes nebrascensis Thomas, 1872Delicate stilt crab
Poecilotettix pantherinus Walker, 1870
Pseudochorthippus curtipennis Harris, 1835Marsh Meadow Grasshopper
Pseudochorthippus curtipennis curtipennis curtipennis ..., 1835Marsh Meadow Grasshopper
Pseudochorthippus montanus Charpentier, 1825Water-meadow grasshhopper
Pseudochorthippus parallelus Zetterstedt, 1821Meadow Grasshopper
Pseudopomala brachyptera Scudder, 1862Bunch Grass Locust
Psoloessa delicatula Scudder, 1876Brown-Spotted Range Grasshopper
Psoloessa delicatula buckelli (Rehn, J.A.G., 1937)⇒ Psoloessa delicatula Scudder, 1876
Rhabdophilacris curtipennis Descamps, 1976
Schistocerca americana Drury, 1770American bird grasshopper
Schistocerca damnifica Saussure, 1861Mischievous bird grasshopper
Schistocerca lineata (Scudder, 1899)⇒ Schistocerca alutacea Harris, 1841
Schistocerca nitens Thunberg, 1815Gray bird grasshopper
Schistocerca obscura Fabricius, 1798Obscure bird grasshopper
Spharagemon bolli Scudder, 1875Boll'S Grasshopper
Spharagemon bolli bolli (Scudder, S.H., 1875)⇒ Spharagemon bolli Scudder, 1875
Spharagemon campestris McNeill, 1901Campestral grasshopper
Spharagemon collare Scudder, 1872Mottled sand grasshopper
Spharagemon equale Say, 1825Orange-legged Grasshopper
Spharagemon marmorata Harris, 1841
Spharagemon saxatile Morse, 1894Ground-laurel
Sphenophyma rugulosa Stål, 1876
Stenobothrus nigromaculatus transcaucasicus Ramme, 1933
Stethophyma gracile Scudder, 1862Graceful Sedge Grasshopper
Stethophyma lineata (Scudder, S.H., 1862)⇒ Stethophyma lineatum Scudder, 1862
Stethophyma lineatum Scudder, 1862Saltpan fiddler
Syrbula admirabilis Uhler, 1864Handsome Grasshopper
Thisoicetrinus pterostichus (Fischer von ..., 1833)⇒ Heteracris pterosticha Fischer von ..., 1833
Trachyrhachys kiowa Thomas, 1872Delicate stilt crab
Traulia brachypeza Bi, 1985
Trimerotropis agrestis McNeill, 1900
Trimerotropis californica Bruner, 1889California Band-Winged Grasshopper
Trimerotropis cyaneipennis Bruner, 1889Blue-winged grasshopper
Trimerotropis diversellus Hebard, 1928
Trimerotropis fontana Thomas, 1876
Trimerotropis gracilis (Thomas, 1872)⇒ Diraneura bivenosa Scudder, 1869
Trimerotropis huroniana Walker, 1902Lake Huron Locust
Trimerotropis latifasciata Scudder, 1880
Trimerotropis maritima Harris, 1841Seaside Locust
Trimerotropis maritima interior (Walker, E.M., 1898)⇒ Trimerotropis maritima Harris, 1841
Trimerotropis monticola (Saussure, 1884)⇒ Trimerotropis whitei Rentz & Weis..., 1984
Trimerotropis pallidipennis Burmeister, 1838Pallid-winged grasshopper
Trimerotropis pistrinaria Saussure, 1884Olmec fiddler
Trimerotropis salina McNeill, 1901
Trimerotropis suffusa (Scudder, S.H., 1876)⇒ Trimerotropis verruculata suffusa Scudder, S.H., 1876
Trimerotropis verruculata Kirby, 1837Atlantic hairback fiddler
Trimerotropis verruculata suffusa Scudder, S.H., 1876
Trimerotropis verruculata verruculata Kirby, 1837Crackling Locust
Trimerotropis whitei Rentz & Weis..., 1984
Tylotropidius yunnanensis Zheng & Liang, 1990
Xanthippus aquilonius Otte, 1984
Xanthippus brooksi Vickery, 1967Brook's Pink-shanked Grasshopper
Xanthippus buckelli (Hebard, 1928)⇒ Xanthippus corallipes Haldeman, 1852
Xanthippus corallipes Haldeman, 1852Redshanked Grasshopper
Xanthippus montanus Thomas, 1872
Xyleus laevipes Stål, 1878

Subnodes of Acridoidea with occurrences in Canada
FamilyAcrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers, Shorthorned Grasshoppers
79
189
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPamphagidae
Burmeister, 1840
toad grasshopper, Toad grasshoppers
4
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyRomaleidae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
lubber grasshopper, Lubber grasshoppers
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Acridoidea at itis.gov