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Checklist for Subfamily Melanoplinae Scudder, 1897 (Spur-throated grasshoppers)
and region Cameron County (Texas, USA)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
300
2024
2997
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
300
2024
2997
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
288
1984
2907
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
29
85
127
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
11
62
100
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
4
45
75
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
3
43
73
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
2
41
68
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAcrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers
40
67
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMelanoplinae
Scudder, 1897
Spur-throated grasshoppers
7
16
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Cameron County (Texas)
7 Genera with 16 Species
Aeoloplides Caudell, 18721SpeciesTaxom
Campylacantha Scudder, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Dactylotum Charpentier, 18431SpeciesTaxom
Hesperotettix Scudder, 18721SpeciesTaxom
Melanoplus Stål, 1875Spur-throat grasshoppers9SpeciesTaxom
Paraidemona Brunner, 18972SpeciesTaxom
Phoetaliotes Scudder, 18721SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cameron County (Texas)
16 Species
Aeoloplides turnbulli Thomas, 1872Delicate stilt crab
Campylacantha lamprotata Rehn & Hebard, 1909
Dactylotum bicolor Charpentier, 1843Barber Pole Grasshopper
Hesperotettix viridis Thomas, 1872Delicate stilt crab
Melanoplus bivittatus Say, 1825Spur-Throated Grasshoppers
Melanoplus cameronis Roberts, 1947
Melanoplus femurrubrum De Geer, 1773Red-legged grasshopper
Melanoplus gladstoni Scudder, 1897Gladston Grasshopper
Melanoplus glaucipes Scudder, 1875
Melanoplus lakinus Scudder, 1878Lakin grasshopper
Melanoplus occidentalis Thomas, 1872Delicate stilt crab
Melanoplus thomasi Scudder, 1897
Melanoplus yarrowii Thomas, 1875
Paraidemona latifurcula Hebard, 1918
Paraidemona mimica Scudder, 1897Mimic grasshopper
Phoetaliotes nebrascensis Thomas, 1872Delicate stilt crab

Subnodes of Melanoplinae with occurrences in Cameron County (Texas)
TribeDactylotini
Scudder, S.H., 1897
4
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeMelanoplini
Scudder, 1897
3
11
Genera
Species

Taxom



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