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 Ontario
- 4 Subfamilies
- 22 Genera
- 52 Species
Subfamilies in Acrididae
Move up a level to Caelifera- Bird Grasshoppers
(Subfamily: Cyrtacanthacridinae)Diversity in Ontario
- 1 Genus
- 3 Species
- Slant-faced Grasshoppers
(Subfamily: Gomphocerinae)Diversity in Ontario
- 7 Genera
- 9 Species
- Spur-throated Grasshoppers
(Subfamily: Melanoplinae)Diversity in Ontario
- 4 Genera
- 23 Species
- Band-winged Grasshoppers
(Subfamily: Oedipodinae)Diversity in Ontario
- 10 Genera
- 17 Species