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Checklist for Superfamily Acridoidea MacLeay, 1819
and region Ross Dependency (Antarctica)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
143
355
395
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
143
355
395
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
136
344
385
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
6
10
10
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
3
7
6
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
2
6
5
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
2
6
5
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
1
5
4
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Ross Dependency
1 Family width 4 Species
Acrididae MacLeay, 1819Grasshoppers and locusts4SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Ross Dependency
5 Genera with 4 Species
Chorthippus Fieber, 18151SpeciesTaxom
Melanoplus Stål, 1873
Spur-throat grasshoppers0SpeciesTaxom
Omocestus Bolivar, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Russalpia Sjöstedt, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Trimerotropis Stål, 19101SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ross Dependency
4 Species
Chorthippus (Glyptobothrus) brunneus Thunberg, 1815Common Field Grasshopper
Omocestus (Omocestus) viridulus Sahlberg, 1893Common green grasshopper
Russalpia albertisi Bolivar, 1898Tassie hopper
Trimerotropis arenacea Rehn, 1910

Subnodes of Acridoidea with occurrences in Ross Dependency
FamilyAcrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers, Shorthorned Grasshoppers
5
4
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Acridoidea at itis.gov