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Checklist for Tribe Cyrtacanthacridini Kirby, 1902 (Giant Spur-throated Grasshoppers)
and region Jamaica (Greater Antilles)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
365
2609
4525
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
364
2608
4523
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
351
2557
4450
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
41
122
246
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
14
61
142
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
3
15
21
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
2
14
20
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
1
10
14
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAcrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers
10
14
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyCyrtacanthacridinae
Kirby, 1902
Bird grasshoppers
1
3
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeCyrtacanthacridini
Kirby, 1902
Giant Spur-throated Grasshoppers
1
3
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Jamaica
1 Genera with 3 Species
Schistocerca Stål, 1861Bird grasshoppers5SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Jamaica
3 Species and 2 Subspecies
Schistocerca nitens Thunberg, 1815Gray bird grasshopper
Schistocerca nitens caribbeana Dirsh, 1974
Schistocerca pallens Thunberg, 1815Bird Grasshopper
Schistocerca serialis Thunberg, 1815
Schistocerca serialis cubense Saussure, 1861