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CLASSIFICATION OF ORTHOPTERA

Families in Green color Orthoptera Details

Insecta: Paurometabola ORTHOPTERA Suborder: Ensifera Superfamily: Hagloidea Haglidae Hagloedischiidae Prophalangopsidae Tuphellidae Superfamily: Phasmomimoidea Phasmomimidae Superfamily: Rhaphidophoroidea Rhaphidophoridae - camel crickets, cave crickets, cave wetas camel crickets, sand treaders Superfamily: Schizodactyloidea Schizodactylidae - dune crickets, splay-footed crickets Superfamily: Stenopelmatoidea Anostostomatidae (Mimnermidae, Henicidae)- wetas, king crickets Cooloolidae Gryllacrididae - leaf-rolling crickets, camel crickets Stenopelmatidae - Jerusalem crickets, potato bugs, earth baby Superfamily: Tettigonioidea Haglotettigoniidae Tettigoniidae - katydids / bush crickets

Suborder: Caelifera - grasshoppers, locusts Infraorder: Acrididea Superfamily: Acridoidea Acrididae - grasshoppers, locusts Charilaidae Dericorythidae Lathiceridae Lentulidae Lithidiidae Ommexechidae Pamphagidae - toad grasshoppers Pyrgacrididae Romaleidae - lubber grasshoppers Tristiridae Superfamily: Eumastacoidea Chorotypidae Episactidae Eumastacidae Euschmidtiidae Mastacideidae Morabidae Promastacidae Proscopiidae Thericleidae Superfamily: Locustopsoidea Araripelocustidae Bouretidae Eolocustopsidae Locustavidae Locustopsidae

Superfamily: Pneumoroidea Pneumoridae - bladder grasshoppers Superfamily: Pyrgomorphoidea Pyrgomorphidae - gaudy grasshoppers Superfamily: Tanaoceroidea Tanaoceridae Superfamily: Tetrigoidea Tetrigidae - grouse locusts, pygmy locusts, groundhoppers, pygmy grasshoppers Superfamily: Trigonopterygoidea Trigonopterygidae Xyronotidae Infraorder: Tridactylidea Superfamily: Dzhajloutshelloidea Dzhajloutshellidae Superfamily: Regiatoidea Regiatidae Superfamily: Tridactyloidea Cylindrachetidae (sandgropers) Rhipipterygidae Tridactylidae - pygmy mole crickets References Citations Sample Examinations

Uuncategorized Names (some may be synonyms with the above)

Adumbratomorphidae Anelcanidae Baissogryllidae Batrachideidae Bintoniellidae Biroellidae Borneacridida Cachoplistidae Elcanidae Eneopteridae Eruciidae Gomphomastacidae Gryllavidae Gryllidae - true crickets Gryllotalpidae - mole crickets Lezinidae Locustidae

Locustopseidae Macropathidae Malgasiidae Mesoedischiidae Miraculidae Mogoplistidae Myrmecophilidae--ant crickets Oecanthidae Oedischiidae Paragryllidae Pentacentridae Permelcanidae Permoraphidiidae Phalangopsidae Phaneropteridae Podoscirtidae

Proparagryllacrididae Protogryllidae Pruvostitidae Pseudelcanidae Pseudophyllidae Pteroplistidae Raphoglidae Ripipterygidae Scleropteridae Tcholmanvissiidae Thericleidae Thueringoedischiidae Triassomanteidae Trigonidiidae Vitimiidae Xenopteridae

Details of Insect Taxonomic Groups

Examples of beneficial species occur in almost every insect order, and considerable information on morphology and habits has been assembled. Therefore, the principal groups of insect parasitoids and predators provide details that refer to the entire class Insecta. These details are available at <taxnames.htm>.