Orthoptera Latreille, 1793

Grasshoppers, Katydids & Crickets

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Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera

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Orthoptera is an order of insects with paurometabolous or incomplete metamorphosis, including the grasshoppers, crickets, cave crickets, Jerusalem crickets, katydids, weta, lubber, Acrida, and locusts. Many insects in this order produce sound (known as a "stridulation") by rubbing their wings against each other or their legs, the wings or legs containing rows of corrugated bumps. The tympanum or ear is located in the front tibia in crickets, mole crickets, and katydids, and on the first abdominal segment in the grasshoppers and locusts. These organisms use vibrations to locate other individuals.  Wikipedia

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​Superfamily: ​Acridoidea MacLeay, 1821

Families: ​Acrididae

Acrididae
 Short-horned Grasshoppers 

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​Superfamily: Eumastacoidea Burr, 1899

Families: ​Chorotypidae, ​Eumastacidae

Chorotypidae
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Eumastacidae
 Monkey Grasshoppers 

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​Superfamily: ​Grylloidea ​Laicharting, 1781

Families: ​Gryllidae, ​Gryllotalpidae

Gryllidae
 Crickets 

Gryllotalpidae
 Mole Crickets 

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Superfamily: Pyrgomorphoidea Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874

Families: ​Pyrgomorphidae

Pyrgomorphidae
 Gaudy Grasshoppers 

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​Superfamily: Rhaphidophoroidea ​Walker, 1869

Families: ​Rhaphidophoridae

Rhaphidophoridae
 Cave Crickets 

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​Superfamily: Stenopelmatoidea Burmeister, 1838​

Families: ​Gryllacrididae

Gryllacrididae
 Camel Crickets 

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​Superfamily: Tettigonioidea Krauss, 1902

Families: ​Tettigoniidae

Tettigoniidae
 Katydids