ACRIDIDAE
(grasshoppers)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Myrmeleotettix maculatus
Mottled Grasshopper
Male (Click to open)
 		Species 1 subtaxa 5 images
Omocestus rufipes
Woodland Grasshopper
Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
 		Species 20 images
Omocestus viridulus
Common Green Grasshopper
Female (Click to open)Male (Click to open)Male (Click to open)Male (Click to open)
 		Species 2 subtaxa 21 images
Pseudochorthippus parallelus
Meadow Grasshopper
(Click to open)
 		Species 3 subtaxa 24 images
Stenobothrus lineatus
Stripe-winged Grasshopper
Species 1 ident. refs
Stethophyma grossum
Large Marsh Grasshopper
Species 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyACRIDIDAE (grasshoppers)
SuperfamilyACRIDOIDEA (a superfamily of orthopterans)
OrderORTHOPTERA (grasshoppers and crickets)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Holst, K.Th. 1986 The Saltatoria (Bush-Crickets, Crickets and Grass-Hoppers) of Northern Europe Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, 16, 127pp, E. J. Brill / Scandinavian Science Press Ltd.

ACRIDIDAE (grasshoppers) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for ACRIDIDAE (grasshoppers)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 21 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for ACRIDIDAE (grasshoppers)
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