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Orthoptera Species File (Version 2.0/3.4)

David C. Eades, Principal Database Developer,

Illinois Natural History Survey

Daniel Otte, Founder and Principal Author,

Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Major Contributors:

Holger Braun, Illinois Natural History Survey

María Marta Cigliano, División Entomología, Museo de la Plata, Argentina

Piotr Naskrecki, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University

With the cooperation of
The Orthopterists' Society

The Orthoptera Species File is a taxonomic database of the world's Orthoptera (grasshoppers, locusts, katydids and crickets), both living and fossil. It has full synonymic and taxonomic information for more than 24,250 valid species, 40,800 taxonomic names, 152,100 citations to 12,100 references, 55,000 images, 186 sound recordings, 39,900 specimens, and keys to 2,500 taxa.

To see information contained in the database, use the links across the top of the page. Click on Search to find a specific taxon or other kinds of information. Clicking on Taxa will make the order Orthoptera your current taxon unless you have previously moved to a different taxon in this session.

This website and database use Species File Software. Information about the design and use of SFS may be found on a separate website.

Other Places to Start

Please send comments and questions about the database and its development to David Eades (send mail). When referencing this website, please use the following format: Eades, D.C. & D. Otte. Orthoptera Species File Online. Version 2.0/3.4. [retrieval date]. <http://Orthoptera.SpeciesFile.org>. Use http://Orthoptera.SpeciesFile.org to bookmark the OSF website.

List of Experts

A number of leading orthopterists have taken responsibility to review information in their areas of expertise — taxonomic and/or geographic. An explanation of participation in the development of the OSF is also available. The following list combines taxonomic groups and geographic locations associated with the name of the expert orthopterist.

Ensifera (extant)
- Tettigonioidea
  - Tettigoniidae
    - Austrosaginae David Rentz
    - Conocephalinae Sigfrid Ingrisch
    - Listroscelidinae David Rentz
    - Meconematinae David Rentz
    - Microtettigoniinae David Rentz
    - Phasmodinae David Rentz
    - Pseudophyllinae Holger Braun
    - Tympanophorinae David Rentz
    - Zaprochilinae David Rentz
  - Other families and subfamilies
    - Australia David Rentz
    - Central and South America, and Subsaharan Africa Piotr Naskrecki
    - America north of Mexico Thomas Walker
- Grylloidea
  - Gryllotalpidae Sam Heads
  - Other families and subfamilies
    - America north of Mexico Thomas Walker
    - Australia and Caribbean area Daniel Otte
Caelifera (extant)
- Tetrigidae Hendrik Devriese
- Proscopiidae Alba Bentos-Pereira
- Eumastacidae
  - Africa and South America Christiane Amédégnato
  - Eumastacinae (Central America) Hugh Rowell
- Tristiridae María Marta Cigliano
- Romaleidae
  - Bactrophorinae Christiane Amédégnato
  - Romaleinae Carlos Carbonell
- Acrididae
  - Copiocerinae Christiane Amédégnato
  - Cyrtacanthacridinae Hojun Song
  - Gomphocerinae of North America Daniel Otte
  - Leptysminae Christiane Amédégnato
  - Melanoplinae María Marta Cigliano
  - Oedipodinae of North America Daniel Otte
  - Ommatolampinae Christiane Amédégnato
  - Proctolabinae Christiane Amédégnato
  - Rhytidochrotinae
    - Central America Hugh Rowell
    - Elsewhere Christiane Amédégnato
- Acridomorpha not otherwise covered
  - Costa Rica and Panama Hugh Rowell
  - Mexico and Central America north of Costa Rica Christiane Amédégnato
- Caelifera not otherwise covered María Marta Cigliano
Fossils Sam Heads
Orthoptera not otherwise covered David Eades