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Checklist for Suborder Caelifera Geoffroy, 1764 (Short-horned grasshoppers)
and region Puerto Rico (Greater Antilles)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
352
2671
5038
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
351
2670
5037
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
343
2630
4959
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
32
97
195
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
12
34
88
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
3
10
17
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Puerto Rico
3 Families width 17 Species and 3 Subspecies
Tridactylidae Saussure, 1874Pygmy mole cricket1SpeciesTaxom
Acrididae MacLeay, 1819Grasshoppers and locusts14SpeciesTaxom
Tetrigidae Rambur, 1838Groundhoppers2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Puerto Rico
10 Genera with 17 Species
Ellipes Scudder, 18962SpeciesTaxom
Orphulella Giglio-Tos, 17731SpeciesTaxom
Orphulina Giglio-Tos, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Paratettix I. Bolivar, 1887Creek Pygmy Grasshoppers1SpeciesTaxom
Phalaca Bolivar, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Rhammatocerus Saussure, 18612SpeciesTaxom
Schistocerca Stål, 1815Bird grasshoppers4SpeciesTaxom
Sphingonotus Fieber, 18612SpeciesTaxom
Tergoceracris Perez-Gelabe..., 20034SpeciesTaxom
Tetrix Latreille, 1952Forest Pygmy Grasshoppers1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Puerto Rico
17 Species and 3 Subspecies
Ellipes minuta Scudder, 1862Minute Pygmy Locust
Ellipes minuta histrionica Saussure, 1896
Orphulella punctata De Geer, 1773Slant-faced Grasshopper
Orphulina balloui Rehn, 1905
Paratettix freygessnerii Bolivar, 1887
Phalaca grylloides grylloides Walker, 1870
Rhammatocerus cyanipes Fabricius, 1775
Rhammatocerus gregarius (Saussure, 1861)⇒ Rhammatocerus cyanipes Fabricius, 1775
Schistocerca americana Drury, 1770American bird grasshopper
Schistocerca nitens Thunberg, 1815Gray bird grasshopper
Schistocerca serialis Thunberg, 1815
Schistocerca serialis serialis Thunberg, 1815
Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) haitensis Saussure, 1861
Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) haitiensis Saussure, 1861
Tergoceracris cayey Perez-Gelabe..., 2003
Tergoceracris cerropunta Perez-Gelabe..., 2003
Tergoceracris guajataca Perez-Gelabe..., 2003
Tergoceracris luquillensis Perez-Gelabe..., 2003
Tetrix phrynus Rehn, 1952

Subnodes of Caelifera with occurrences in Puerto Rico
InfraorderAcrididea
Song & al., 2015
2
9
16
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderTridactylidea
Brullé, 1835
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Caelifera at artfakta.se
Caelifera at dyntaxa.se
Caelifera at itis.gov