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Narrative
Grasshopper and Cricket Order (Order Orthoptera) members can usually be recognized by the large hind legs that are used for jumping. About twenty-three thousand species exist worldwide; of which thirteen hundred are found in the United States.
Some species of crickets and grasshoppers are very damaging to plants. The swarms of locusts that have descended upon crops are members of this order. How to Know the Grasshoppers, Crickets, and Cockroaches, and Their Allies, by Jacques R. Heifer is an excellent reference. Mr. Heifer mentions seven hundred and sixty of the thirteen hundred United States species of Orthopteroids. His book contains illustrations and pictures of most of that number.
Taxonomy
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Latin
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English
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Kingdom
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Animalia
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Animal
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Phylum
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Arthropoda
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Jointed Legged Animals
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Class
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Insecta
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Insects
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Order
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Orthoptera
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Grasshoppers plus Allies
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Family
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SubFamily
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References
| Title | Author | Comments |
| How to Know the Grasshoppers, Crickets, Cockroaches, and Their Allies | Helfer, Jacques R. | |
| Grasshoppers and Mantids of the World | Preston-Mafham, Ken | This 192 page book has a lot of interesting text and many beautiful photographs. There are sections on egg-laying, courtship, and enemies, etc. Although there is a good overview on higher classification and many interesting species are pictured, this book can not serve as an identification guide to either common or exotic species. |
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| Genus | Species |
| Cytheitis | rhodopteron |
| Cytheitis | schultzei |
| Graphium | arcesilaus |
| Graphium | earis |
| Graphium | hipparchus |
| Graphium | iphitas |
| Graphium | orthosilaus |
| Iphimedeia | niepelti |
| Iphimedeia | richardus |
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