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Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Locusts, Crickets, Wetas and Katydids)

 

Family: Acrididae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Acrolophitus pulchellus Bruner, 1890 Idaho point-headed grasshopper (rediscovered) Birch Creek, Big Lost River, and Little Lost River Sinks Drainages, Idaho (east central), USA Rediscovered Access
             
Allaga ambigua Karsch, 1896 Zanzibar giant forest grasshopper (rediscovered) Tanzania & Zanzibar Rediscovered Access
             
Anischnansis burtti (Uvarov, 1941) Usambara splendid grasshopper 1966 East Usambara Mts., Tanzania Missing Access
             
Appalachia hebardi Rehn & Rehn, 1936 Appalachian grasshopper (rediscovered) Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia, USA Rediscovered Access
             
Aztecacris gloriosus Hebard, 1935 Atascosa gem grasshopper (rediscovered) Pajarito Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA Rediscovered Access
             
Circotettix crotalum Rehn, 1921 Rattling grasshopper 1947/8 or later Spring and Sheep Mountains, southern Nevada, USA Missing Access
             
Conozoa constricta Henderson, 1924 - ? Utah, USA Missing Access
             
Conozoa hyalina (McNeill, 1901) Central Valley grasshopper 1953 Central Valley, California, USA Extinct Access
             
Derotmema piute Rehn, 1919 - ? Nevada, USA Missing Access
             
Eupropacris abbreviata Miller, 1929 Kilosa noble grasshopper 1926 Kilosa, Tanzania Missing Access
             
Eximacris phenax Otte, 1984 Big cedar grasshopper ? Kiamichi Mountains, Oklahoma, USA Invalid (synonym) Access
             
Eximacris superbum (Hebard, 1937) Superb spharagemon grasshopper ? Texas (southern), USA Invalid (synonym) Access
             
Italopodisma baccettii (La Greca, 1969) Baccetti's apennine grasshopper 1996 Gran Sasso, Abruzzo, Italy Missing Access
             
Melanoplus cameronis Roberts, 1947 Cameron locust (proposed), Brownsville short-wing grasshopper ? Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas, USA Extant? Access
             
Melanoplus foxi Hebard, 1923 Fox's short-wing grasshopper (rediscovered) Georgia, USA Rediscovered Access
             
Melanoplus gracilipes Scudder, 1897 Small-footed locust ? Los Angeles, California, USA Missing Access
             
Melanoplus ligenolus Scudder, 1899 - ? California, USA Missing Access
             
Melanoplus macclungi Rehn, 1946 Macclung’s locust ? Kansas & Oklahoma, USA Overlooked Access
             
Melanoplus mastigiphallus Strohecker, 1941 - ? Bexar County, Texas, USA Missing Access
             
Melanoplus microtatus Hebard, 1919 - ? California, USA Missing Access
             
Melanoplus nanciae Deyrup, 1997 Ocala claw(-)cercus grasshopper ? Ocala National Forest, Lake County, Florida, USA Missing Access
             
Melanoplus nanus Scudder, 1899 Dwarf locust ? Berkeley, California, USA Missing Access
             
Melanoplus pegasus Hebard, 1919 Pegasus locust, Swift locust ? Billy's Island, Okeefenokee Swamp, Charlton County, Georgia, USA Missing Access
             
Melanoplus spretus Walsh, 1866 Rocky Mountain locust, Rocky Mountain grasshopper 1902 Rocky Mountains, USA Extinct Access
             
Melanoplus warneri Little, 1929 Warner's locust, Warner's spur-throat grasshopper 10 May 1925 or later Texas, USA Missing Access
             
Microtes pogonata (Strohecker, 1963) - July 1959 or later San Luis Obispo County & Santa Barbara County, California, USA Missing Access
             
Ogasawaracris gloriosus Ito, 2003 - 1984 Ogasawara Islands, Japan Missing Access
             
Oshwea dubiosa
Ramme, 1929 - (rediscovered) DR Congo & Uganda Rediscovered Access
             
Paroxya bermudensis Rehn, 1909 Bermuda flightless grasshopper 15 January 1909 or later Bermuda Missing Access
             
Schayera baiulus Erichson, 1842 Schayer's grasshopper (rediscovered) Tasmania, Australia Rediscovered Access
             
Spharagemon bunites Otte, 1984 - 8 August 1940 California, USA Missing Access
             
Trimerotropis occulens Otte, 1984 Lompoc grasshopper ? California, USA Rediscovered? Access
             
Willemsella bicolor Miller, 1934   (rediscovered) Selangor, Malaysia Rediscovered Access
             
Xanthippus aquilonius Otte, 1984 - 31 May 1929 or later Vernon, British Columbia, Canada Missing Access

 

Family: Anostostomatidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Deinacrida elegans Gibbs, 1999   (rediscovered) South Island, New Zealand Rediscovered Access
             
Deinacrida parva Buller, 1894 Kaikoura weta (rediscovered) Nelson, South Island, New Zealand Rediscovered Access
             
Deinacrida tibiospina Salmon, 1950 Mount Arthur giant weta (rediscovered) New Zealand Rediscovered Access
             
Motuweta isolata
Johns, 1997 Mercury Islands tusked wētā, Middle Island tusked wētā (rediscovered) Mercury Islands, North Island (off north-eastern coast), New Zealand Formerly extinct in the wild Access

 

Family: Dericorythidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Dericorys minutus Chopard, 1954 Maspalomas bow-legged grasshopper, Gran Canaria crested grasshopper (rediscovered) Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, North Africa Rediscovered Access

 

Family: Eumastacidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Gyabus fusiformis (Bey-Beinko, 1949)   (rediscovered) Ladakh, India Rediscovered Access
             
Psychomastax deserticola indigena Rehn & Grant 1959   ? Nevada, USA Missing Access

 

Family: Euschmidtiidae1

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Chromomastax movogovodia Descamps, 1964 Morogoro monkey grasshopper 1934 Kingolwera, Morogoro District, Tanzania Missing Access
             
Euschmidtia bidens Descamps, 1964 Mlingano monkey grasshopper 1953 Mlingano, Ngomeni, Tanzania Missing Access
             
Euschmidtia burtti Descamps, 1964 Burtt's monkey grasshopper April 1954 Kingolwera, Morogoro, Tanzania Missing Access
             
Euschmidtia dirshi Descamps, 1964 Dirsh's monkey grasshopper 1954 near Morogoro, Tanzania Missing Access
             
Euschmidtia phippsi Descamps, 1964 Phipps' monkey grasshopper 1952 East Usambara Mountains, Tanzania Missing Access
             
Euschmidtia viridifasciata Descamps, 1964 Dar-es-Salaam monkey grasshopper 1964 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Missing Access

1 A lack of appropriate surveys may be the reason these species are 'missing'. However, information is lacking and the IUCN lists them all as Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct).

 

Family: Gryllidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Gryllus abnormis Chopard, 1970   1965-67 or later St. Helena Missing Access
             
Leptogryllus deceptor Perkins, 1910 Oahu deceptor bush cricket 1910 or before Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA Missing Access

 

Family: Lentulidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Chromousambilla burtti Jago, 1981 Mpwapwa silent grasshopper 1947 Kikombo, Mpwapwa, Tanzania Missing Access

 

Family: Phalangopsidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Phalangacris alluaudi Bolívar, 1895 Mahé boulder cricket (rediscovered) Mahé, Seychelles Rediscovered Access

 

Family: Pyrgacrididae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Pyrgacris relictus Descamps, 1968   (rediscovered) Mauritius, Mascarene Islands Rediscovered Access

 

Family: Pyrgomorphidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile

Burmorthacris subaptera

Kevan, Singh & Akbar, 1964 - (rediscovered) Myanmar (=Burma) Rediscovered Access
             
Petasida ephippigera White, 1845 Leichhardt’s grasshopper (rediscovered) Northern Territory, Australia Rediscovered Access

 

Family: Tetrigidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Andriana hancocki (Bruner, 1910) Big royal pygmy grasshopper 1971 Madagascar Missing Access
             
Cryptotettix insularis Günther, 1974 Island hiding pygmy grasshopper 1959 Madagascar Missing Access
             
Hybotettix camelus Devriese, 1991 Camelback royal pygmy grasshopper pre-1967 Madagascar Missing Access
             
Procytettix fusiformis Bolívar, 1912 Seychelles shortwinged groundhopper 1909 Mahé Island, Seychelles Missing Access

 

Family: Tettigoniidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Anonconotus apenninigenus (Targioni-Tozzetti, 1881) Southern alpine bush-cricket ? Apennine Mountains, Italy Invalid? Access
             
Arachnoscelis arachnoides (Redtenbacher, 1891) - (rediscovered) Colombia (& Ecuador?) Rediscovered Access
             
Belocephalus micanopy Davis, 1914 Big Pine Key conehead katydid ? Big Pine Key, Monroe County, Florida, USA Missing Access
             
Belocephalus sleighti Davis, 1914 Keys short-winged conehead katydid ? Florida, USA Missing Access
             
Conocephaloides hawaiiensis Perkins, 1899   ? Hawaiian Islands, USA Missing or invalid (synonym) Access
             
Ephippiger camillae Fontana & Massa, 2000 Camilla's saddle bush-cricket 1880 Madonie Mountains, Sicily, Italy Missing Access
             
Evergoderes cabrerai Bolívar, 1936 Gran Canaria bush-cricket 1960's Barranco de Agaete, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, North Africa Missing Access
             
Isophya boldyrevi Miram, 1938 Boldyrev's plump bush-cricket 1915 Russia Missing Access
             
Isophya lemnotica Werner, 1932 Limnos plump bush-cricket (rediscovered) Limnos (=Lemnos), Greece Rediscovered Access
             
Liara heteracanthus (Redtenbacher, 1891)   (rediscovered) Mizoram, India Rediscovered Access
             
Lluciapomaresius panteli (Navàs 1899) Pantel’s saddle bush-cricket (rediscovered) Montsant range, southern Catalonia, north-east Iberian Peninsula Rediscovered Access
             
Namaquadectes irroratus Péringuey, 1916 Cederberg shieldback (rediscovered) Clanwilliam, Cape Province, South Africa Rediscovered Access
             
Neduba extincta Rentz, 1977 Antioch Dunes shieldback katydid 1 July 1937 Antioch Dunes, California, USA Extinct Access
             
Peringueyella zulu Kaltenbach, 1971 Zulu ambush katydid 1922 KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa Missing Access
             

Platycleis kashmira

Uvarov, 1930   (rediscovered) Jammu & Kashmir, India Rediscovered Access
             

Plicigastra himalayana

Uvarov, 1924   (rediscovered) Kashmir & Punjab, India Rediscovered Access
             
Rhacocleis trilobata La Greca & Messina, 1974 Three-lobed bush-cricket 1973 Peloponnesus, Greece Missing Access
             
Roeseliana oporina (Bolívar, 1887) Ghost meadow bush-cricket (rediscovered) Spain Rediscovered Access
             
Ruspolia remotus (Walker, 1869) Remote coneheaded katydid ? Hawaiian Islands, USA Missing Access
             
Steropleurus annae (Targioni-Tozzetti, 1881) Sardinian Saddle-backed Bush-cricket, Sardinian Saddle Bush-cricket (rediscovered) Sardinia, Italy Rediscovered Access
             
Tettigonia chinensis Willemse, 1933   (rediscovered) China Rediscovered Access
             
Thoracistus peringueyi Pictet, 1888 Peringuey's seedpod shieldback pre-1880 Lydenburg, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa Missing Access
             
Toledopizia salesopolensis (Piza, 1980)   (rediscovered) Brazil Rediscovered Access
             
Uromenus riggioi La Greca, 1964 Riggio's saddle bush-cricket 1970 Sicily, Italy Missing Access
             
Zeuneriana marmorata (Fieber, 1853) Adriatic marbled bush-cricket (rediscovered) Italy & Slovenia Rediscovered Access

 

Family: Thericleidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Acanthothericles bicoloripes Descamps, 1977 Morogoro pretty grasshopper 1939 Morogoro, Tanzania Missing Access

 

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