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Checklist for Superfamily Acridoidea MacLeay, 1819
and region Continents


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
2110
116133
1222976
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
2101
115931
1221959
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
1812
113780
1210168
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
368
9143
57034
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
89
5406
31644
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
36
2699
14010
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
31
2668
13737
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
12
1854
9270
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Continents
12 Families width 9270 Species and 1544 Subspecies
Acrididae MacLeay, 1819Grasshoppers and locusts7637SpeciesTaxom
Dericorythidae Jacobson & B..., 1902175SpeciesTaxom
Lathiceridae Dirsh, 19544SpeciesTaxom
Lentulidae Dirsh, 1956Lentulid Grasshoppers189SpeciesTaxom
Lithidiidae Dirsh, 196133SpeciesTaxom
Locustidae (Kirby, 1825)Band-winged grasshoppers3SpeciesTaxom
Ommexechidae Bolivar, 188447SpeciesTaxom
Pamphagidae Burmeister, 1840Toad grasshopper598SpeciesTaxom
Pamphagodidae Bolivar, 18845SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgacrididae Kevan, 19742SpeciesTaxom
Romaleidae Brunner von ..., 1893Lubber grasshopper544SpeciesTaxom
Tristiridae Rehn, 190633SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Acridoidea with occurrences in Continents
FamilyAcrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers, Shorthorned Grasshoppers
1530
7637
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyDericorythidae
Jacobson & Bianchi, 1902
19
175
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyLathiceridae
Dirsh, 1954
3
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyLentulidae
Dirsh, 1956
Lentulid Grasshoppers
38
189
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyLithidiidae
Dirsh, 1961
4
33
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyLocustidae
Kirby, 1825
Band-winged grasshoppers, Bandwings
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyOmmexechidae
Bolivar, 1884
15
47
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPamphagidae
Burmeister, 1840
toad grasshopper, Toad grasshoppers
100
598
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPamphagodidae
Bolivar, 1884
4
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPyrgacrididae
Kevan, 1974
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyRomaleidae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
lubber grasshopper, Lubber grasshoppers
119
544
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyTristiridae
Rehn, 1906
19
33
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Acridoidea at itis.gov