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Checklist for Subfamily Melanoplinae Scudder, 1897 (Spur-throated grasshoppers)
and region Riverside County (Eastern California, California, USA)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
318
1918
3616
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
317
1917
3616
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
303
1877
3536
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
33
87
128
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
11
57
92
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
3
42
73
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
3
42
73
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
2
39
69
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAcrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers
38
68
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMelanoplinae
Scudder, 1897
Spur-throated grasshoppers
5
15
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Riverside County
5 Genera with 15 Species
Aeoloplides Caudell, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Hesperotettix Scudder, 18721SpeciesTaxom
Melanoplus Stål, 1875Spur-throat grasshoppers11SpeciesTaxom
Oedomerus Bruner, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Poecilotettix Scudder, 18971SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Riverside County
15 Species
Aeoloplides tenuipennis Scudder, 1897
Hesperotettix viridis Thomas, 1872Delicate stilt crab
Melanoplus angustipennis Dodge, 1877Narrow-winged Locust
Melanoplus bivittatus Say, 1825Spur-Throated Grasshoppers
Melanoplus borealis Fieber, 1853Northern grasshopper
Melanoplus confusus Scudder, 1897Little Pasture Locust
Melanoplus dodgei Thomas, 1871
Melanoplus femurrubrum De Geer, 1773Red-legged grasshopper
Melanoplus foedus Scudder, 1878Rightwing macoma
Melanoplus herbaceus Bruner, 1893
Melanoplus mexicanus Saussure, 1861
Melanoplus sanguinipes Fabricius, 1798Migratory grasshopper
Melanoplus yarrowii Thomas, 1875
Oedomerus corallipes Bruner, 1908
Poecilotettix sanguineus Scudder, 1897

Subnodes of Melanoplinae with occurrences in Riverside County
TribeConalcaeini
Cohn & Cantrall, 1974
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeDactylotini
Scudder, S.H., 1897
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeMelanoplini
Scudder, 1897
2
12
Genera
Species

Taxom



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