Short-horned Grasshoppers (Family: Acrididae)
Description
Antennae
- less than 2/3 body length, typically about one half body length
Size
- 9-80mm
Legs
- typically about as long as hind wings
- all tarsi have three segments (3-3-3)
Thorax
- pronotum does not extend beyond base of wings
Common Names
- Short-horned Grasshoppers
- Grasshoppers
Diversity in Canada
- 5 Subfamilies
- 55 Genera
- 131 Species
Subfamilies in Acrididae
Move up a level to Caelifera- Bird Grasshoppers
(Subfamily: Cyrtacanthacridinae)Diversity in Canada
- 1 Genus
- 3 Species
- Slant-faced Grasshoppers
(Subfamily: Gomphocerinae)Diversity in Canada
- 20 Genera
- 26 Species
- Spur-throated Grasshoppers
(Subfamily: Melanoplinae)Diversity in Canada
- 13 Genera
- 53 Species
- Band-winged Grasshoppers
(Subfamily: Oedipodinae)Diversity in Canada
- 20 Genera
- 48 Species
- Lubber Grasshoppers
(Subfamily: Romaleinae)Diversity in Canada
- 1 Genus
- 1 Species
- YK
- NT
- BC
- AB
- SK
- NU
- MB
- ON
- PQ
- NB
- NS
- PE
- LB
- NF