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Checklist for Superfamily Acridoidea MacLeay, 1819
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
 


List of families for North America
6 Families width 1534 Species and 217 Subspecies
Acrididae MacLeay, 1819Grasshoppers and locusts1446SpeciesTaxom
Dericorythidae Jacobson & B..., 19021SpeciesTaxom
Ommexechidae Bolivar, 18844SpeciesTaxom
Pamphagidae Burmeister, 1840Toad grasshopper8SpeciesTaxom
Romaleidae Brunner von ..., 1893Lubber grasshopper71SpeciesTaxom
Tristiridae Rehn, 19064SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Acridoidea with occurrences in North America
FamilyAcrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers, Shorthorned Grasshoppers
309
1446
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyDericorythidae
Jacobson & Bianchi, 1902
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyOmmexechidae
Bolivar, 1884
3
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPamphagidae
Burmeister, 1840
toad grasshopper, Toad grasshoppers
7
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyRomaleidae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
lubber grasshopper, Lubber grasshoppers
30
71
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyTristiridae
Rehn, 1906
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Acridoidea at itis.gov