AntsAntsArachnidsArachnids
BeesBeesBeetlesBeetles
BookliceBookliceBugsBugs
BumblebeesBumblebeesButterfliesButterflies
CicadasCicadasCrane fliesCrane flies
DragonfliesDragonfliesEarwigsEarwigs
FliesFliesIsopodsIsopods
LocustsLocustsMantisesMantises
MayfliesMayfliesMosquitoesMosquitoes
MyriapodsMyriapodsNet-wingedNet-winged
Plant-parasiticPlant-parasiticScorpion fliesScorpion flies
TermitesTermitesWaspsWasps
INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT
Home Arthropoda Imprint Contact
TAXFAMGENSPESUB
Checklist for Superfamily Acridoidea MacLeay, 1819
and region West Midlands (English Midlands, United Kingdom)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
425
3413
8111
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
425
3413
8111
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
400
3364
8028
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
30
59
83
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
9
29
42
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
3
11
21
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
3
11
21
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
1
9
10
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for West Midlands
1 Family width 10 Species and 1 Subspecies
Acrididae (MacLeay, 1819)Grasshoppers and locusts10SpeciesTaxom


Genera for West Midlands
9 Genera with 10 Species
Abisares Stål, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Anacridium Uvarov, 17641SpeciesTaxom
Chorthippus Fieber, 18152SpeciesTaxom
Dissosteira Scudder, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Gomphocerippus Roberts, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Myrmeleotettix Bolivar, 18151SpeciesTaxom
Omocestus Bolivar, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Pseudochorthippus Defaut, 18211SpeciesTaxom
Thisoicetrinus Uvarov, 18331SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West Midlands
10 Species and 1 Subspecies
Abisares viridipennis hylaeus Rehn, J.A.G., 1914
Anacridium aegyptium Linnaeus, 1764Egyptian Grasshopper
Chorthippus (Chorthippus) albomarginatus De Geer, 1773Lesser marsh grasshopper
Chorthippus (Glyptobothrus) brunneus Thunberg, 1815Common Field Grasshopper
Dissosteira carolina Linnaeus, 1758Carolina Grasshopper
Gomphocerippus rufus Linnaeus, 1758Rufous grasshopper
Myrmeleotettix maculatus Thunberg, 1815Common Club Grasshopper
Omocestus (Omocestus) viridulus Sahlberg, 1893Common green grasshopper
Pseudochorthippus parallelus Zetterstedt, 1821Meadow Grasshopper
Thisoicetrinus pterostichus (Fischer von ..., 1833)⇒ Heteracris pterosticha Fischer von ..., 1833

Subnodes of Acridoidea with occurrences in West Midlands
FamilyAcrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers, Shorthorned Grasshoppers
9
10
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Acridoidea at itis.gov