Orthoptera of Alberta


Pygmy Grasshoppers (Family: Tetrigidae)

Description

  • Size

    • 6-20mm

  • Wings

    • forewings (tegmina) small, padlike, sometimes absent, may be exposed or covered by pronotum

  • Legs

    • tarsi 2-2-3

  • Thorax

    • pronotum is highly elongated, tapered, extends over the length of the abdomen, sometimes to the tip of the wings

Common Names

  • Pygmy Grasshoppers
  • Grass Locusts
  • Pygmy Locusts
  • Grouse Locusts

Diversity in Alberta

  • 1 Subfamily
  • 1 Genus
  • 3 Species


Subfamilies in Tetrigidae

Move up a level to Caelifera