ORTHOPTERA
(grasshoppers and crickets)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
ACRIDOIDEA
a superfamily of orthopterans
Female (Click to open)
 		Superfamily 9 subtaxa 70 images 3 ident. refs
CONOCEPHALIDAE
cone-heads
Female (Click to open)
 		Family 2 subtaxa 64 images 3 ident. refs
GRYLLOIDEA
a superfamily of orthopterans
Superfamily 2 subtaxa 23 images 1 ident. refs
GRYLLIDAE
crickets
Female (Click to open)
 		Family 2 subtaxa 23 images 1 ident. refs
GRYLLOTALPIDAE
mole-crickets
(Click to open)
 		Family 1 subtaxa 9 images 2 ident. refs
MECONEMATIDAE
oak bush crickets
Male (Click to open)
 		Family 2 subtaxa 30 images 4 ident. refs
MOGOPLISTIDAE
scaly crickets
Female (Click to open)
 		Family 1 subtaxa 6 images
PHANEROPTERIDAE
speckled bush crickets
Male (Click to open)
 		Family 1 subtaxa 26 images 1 ident. refs
RHAPHIDOPHOROIDEA
a superfamily of orthopterans
Superfamily 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
RHAPHIDOPHORIDAE
greenhouse camel crickets
Family 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
TETRIGOIDEA
a superfamily of orthopterans
Superfamily 3 subtaxa 7 images 1 ident. refs
TETRIGIDAE
ground-hoppers
Family 3 subtaxa 7 images 1 ident. refs
Tetrix
groundhoppers
(Click to open)
 		Genus 3 subtaxa 7 images 1 ident. refs
TETTIGONIOIDEA
a superfamily of orthopterans
Female (Click to open)
 		Superfamily 6 subtaxa 108 images 2 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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
Chopard, L. 1951 *** Orthoptèroïdes ***(Superseded) Faune de France, Faune No 56, 358pp, Fédération Française des Sociétés de Science Naturel
Chopard, L. 1922 *** Orthoptères et Dermaptères ***(Superseded) Faune de France, Faune No 3, 212pp, Fédération Française des Sociétés de Science Naturel
Hincks, W.D. 1949 *** Dermaptera and Orthoptera ***(Superseded) Handbooks for the identification of British insects, Vol 1, Part 5, 24pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Lucas, W.J. 1920 *** A Monograph of the British Orthoptera ***(Superseded) Vol 105, 264+25 platespp, The Ray Society, London
() Marshall, J.A. & Haes, E.C.M. 1988 Grasshoppers and allied Insects of Great Britain and Ireland 252pp, Harley Books
Ragge, D.R. 1973 The British Orthoptera: a supplement Ent. Gazette Vol 23, No 3: 227-245.
() Ragge, D.R. 1965 *** Grasshoppers, Crickets & Cockroaches of the British Isles ***(Superseded) Wayside and Woodland Series, 299pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Sutton, P., Beckmann, B. & Roy, H. Orthoptera and allied insects species.orthoptera.org.uk/default.aspx
Wuilbaut, J.J. Cercle de Mycologie de Mons (Belgique): (Page perso de JJ. Wuilbaut) users.skynet.be/jjw.myco.mons

Regional Guides

Eversham, B. & Prunier, F. 2007 Identifying grasshoppers, crickets and allies in Beds, Cambs and Northants. http://www.wildlifebcnp.org/ecology-resources.htm
Paul, J. 1989 Grasshoppers & Crickets of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire 96pp, Pisces Publications

Song

Burton, J. & Ragge, D.R. A Sound Guide to the Grasshoppers and Allied Insects of Great Britain and Ireland
Ragge, D.R. & Reynolds, W.J. The Songs of the Grasshoppers and Crickets of Western Europe
Ragge, D.R. & Reynolds, W.J. A Sound Guide to the Grasshoppers and Crickets of Western Europe
() Ragge, D.R. 1965 *** Grasshoppers, Crickets & Cockroaches of the British Isles ***(Superseded) Wayside and Woodland Series, 299pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Sutton, P., Beckmann, B. & Roy, H. Orthoptera and allied insects species.orthoptera.org.uk/default.aspx

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for ORTHOPTERA (grasshoppers and crickets)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 28 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for ORTHOPTERA (grasshoppers and crickets)
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