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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
1098
25856
148294
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
1092
25818
148242
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
999
25344
146344
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
186
1408
4670
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
45
745
2428
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
18
369
1312
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
16
364
1295
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
6
292
1152
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for USA
6 Families width 1152 Species and 174 Subspecies
Acrididae MacLeay, 1819Grasshoppers and locusts1101SpeciesTaxom
Dericorythidae Jacobson & B..., 19021SpeciesTaxom
Ommexechidae Bolivar, 18844SpeciesTaxom
Pamphagidae Burmeister, 1840Toad grasshopper3SpeciesTaxom
Romaleidae Brunner von ..., 1893Lubber grasshopper39SpeciesTaxom
Tristiridae Rehn, 19064SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Acridoidea with occurrences in USA
FamilyAcrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers, Shorthorned Grasshoppers
259
1101
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
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyRomaleidae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
lubber grasshopper, Lubber grasshoppers
24
39
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyTristiridae
Rehn, 1906
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Acridoidea at itis.gov