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Checklist for Subfamily Melanoplinae Scudder, 1897 (Spur-throated grasshoppers)
and region Benelux (West Europe)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
704
10060
34018
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
701
10048
34000
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
647
9800
33419
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
72
317
524
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
26
168
264
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
12
97
158
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
10
94
156
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
3
81
137
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAcrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers
77
134
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMelanoplinae
Scudder, 1897
Spur-throated grasshoppers
5
22
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Benelux
5 Genera with 22 Species
Melanoplus Stål, 1920Spur-throat grasshoppers17SpeciesTaxom
Miramella Dovnar-Zapol..., 18331SpeciesTaxom
Odontopodisma Dovnar-Zapol..., 19312SpeciesTaxom
Ognevia Ikonnikov, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Podisma Berthold, 17581SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Benelux
22 Species and 1 Subspecies
Melanoplus angustipennis Dodge, 1877Narrow-winged Locust
Melanoplus bispinosus Scudder, 1897
Melanoplus bivittatus Say, 1825Spur-Throated Grasshoppers
Melanoplus dawsoni Scudder, 1875Dawson Grasshopper
Melanoplus discolor Scudder, 1878
Melanoplus dodgei Thomas, 1871
Melanoplus fasciatus Walker, 1870Huckleberry Grasshopper
Melanoplus femurrubrum De Geer, 1773Red-legged grasshopper
Melanoplus infantilis Scudder, 1878Little spur-throat grasshopper
Melanoplus islandicus Blatchley, 1898Island Locust
Melanoplus occidentalis Thomas, 1872Delicate stilt crab
Melanoplus packardii Scudder, 1878Packard grasshopper
Melanoplus ponderosus Scudder, 1875Spur-throated Grasshopper
Melanoplus sanguinipes Fabricius, 1798Migratory grasshopper
Melanoplus stonei Rehn, 1904Stone's Locust
Melanoplus trigidus
Melanoplus viridipes eurycercus (Hebard, 1920)⇒ Melanoplus eurycercus Hebard, 1920
Miramella (Kisella) alpina Kollar, 1833Alpine Gebirgsschrecke
Odontopodisma montana Kis, 1962Romanian Mountain Grasshopper
Odontopodisma rubripes Ramme, 1931Red-legged Mountain Grasshopper
Ognevia longipennis Shiraki, 1910
Podisma pedestris Linnaeus, 1758Brown mountain grasshopper

Subnodes of Melanoplinae with occurrences in Benelux
TribeMelanoplini
Scudder, 1897
1
17
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribePodismini
Mishchenko, 1945
4
5
Genera
Species

Taxom



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