ENY 3005 Families of Orthoptera

Order Orthoptera Pronunciation: or-THOP-ter-ra Common names: grasshoppers, katydids, crickets

Classification of the Orthoptera

• Suborder Caelifera (5 families in North America)
• Family Tridactylidae = pygmy mole crickets
• Family Tetrigidae = pygmy grasshoppers
• Family Acrididae = shorthorned grasshoppers
• Suborder Ensifera (4 or 5 families)
• Family Tettigoniidae = longhorned grasshoppers, katydids
• Family Gryllacrididae = camel crickets
• Family Gryllidae = crickets
• Family Gryllotalpidae = mole crickets

• Grasshoppers of Florida -- A color guide and lots of information about the grasshoppers of the southeastern United States.
• Singing Insects of North America -- Identifying crickets, katydids, and cicadas by their songs.
• Orthoptera -- Gordon's Insect World
• Orthoptera Species File Online - a database for all species of Orthoptera
• The Orthopterists' Society Home Page

• Pages 78-86 and plate 2 in D. J. Borror and R. E. White. 1970. A Field Guide to the Insects. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co.
• Pages 89-101 in R. G. Bland and H. E. Jaques. 1978. How to Know the Insects, 3rd ed. Dubuque, Iowa: Wm. C. Brown Co. 409 p.
• Pages 208-226 in D. J. Borror, C. A. Triplehorn, and N. F. Johnson. 1989. An Introduction to the Study of Insects, 6th ed. Philadelphia: Saunders College Publishing. 875 p.
• Page 392-397 in H. V. Daly, J. T. Doyen, and A. H. Purcell III. 1998. Introduction to Insect Biology and Diversity, 2nd ed. Oxford University Press. 680 p.