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Checklist for Superfamily Acridoidea MacLeay, 1819
and region India (South Asia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
703
14141
56254
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
699
14132
56242
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
662
13883
55452
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
80
830
2265
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
27
449
1093
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
11
245
543
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
10
241
528
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
5
168
309
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for India
5 Families width 309 Species and 39 Subspecies
Acrididae MacLeay, 1819Grasshoppers and locusts301SpeciesTaxom
Dericorythidae Jacobson & B..., 19024SpeciesTaxom
Ommexechidae Bolivar, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Pamphagidae Burmeister, 1840Toad grasshopper1SpeciesTaxom
Romaleidae Brunner von ..., 1893Lubber grasshopper2SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Acridoidea with occurrences in India
FamilyAcrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers, Shorthorned Grasshoppers
162
301
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyDericorythidae
Jacobson & Bianchi, 1902
1
4
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyOmmexechidae
Bolivar, 1884
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyPamphagidae
Burmeister, 1840
toad grasshopper, Toad grasshoppers
2
1
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyRomaleidae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
lubber grasshopper, Lubber grasshoppers
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Acridoidea at itis.gov