David C. Eades, Principal Database Developer,   Illinois Natural History Survey Daniel Otte, Founder and Principal Author,   Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Major Contributors:   Holger Braun, Illinois Natural History Survey   María Marta Cigliano, División Entomología, Museo de la Plata, Argentina   Piotr Naskrecki, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University With the cooperation of       The Orthopterists' Society

The Orthoptera Species File is a taxonomic database of the world's Orthoptera (grasshoppers, locusts, katydids and crickets), both living and fossil. It has full synonymic and taxonomic information for more than 24,240 valid species, 40,800 taxonomic names, 151,000 citations to 12,100 references, 54,100 images, 186 sound recordings, 39,900 specimens, and keys to 2,500 taxa.

To see information contained in the database, use the links across the top of the page.  Click on Search to find a specific taxon or other kinds of information.  Clicking on Taxa will make the order Orthoptera your current taxon unless you have previously moved to a different taxon in this session.

This website and database use Species File Software.  Information about the design and use of SFS may be found on a separate website.

Other Places to Start

• Table of contents
• Help for new users
• List of experts
• Links to other websites
• About this website and the underlying database
• Grants
• Educational exercises / Ejercicios educativos
• Duplicate database to practice editing

Please send comments and questions about the database and its development to David Eades (send mail).  When referencing this website, please use the following format:  Eades, D.C. & D. Otte.  Orthoptera Species File Online. Version 2.0/3.4.  [retrieval date]. <http://Orthoptera.SpeciesFile.org>.  Use http://Orthoptera.SpeciesFile.org to bookmark the OSF website.

List of Experts

A number of leading orthopterists have taken responsibility to review information in their areas of expertise — taxonomic and/or geographic.  An explanation of participation in the development of the OSF is also available.  The following list combines taxonomic groups and geographic locations associated with the name of the expert orthopterist.

• Ensifera
  • Tettigonioidea
    • Tettigoniidae
      • Austrosaginae     David Rentz
      • Conocephalinae     Sigfrid Ingrisch
      • Listroscelidinae     David Rentz
      • Meconematinae     David Rentz
      • Microtettigoniinae     David Rentz
      • Phasmodinae     David Rentz
      • Pseudophyllinae     Holger Braun
      • Tympanophorinae     David Rentz
      • Zaprochilinae     David Rentz
    • Other families and subfamilies
      • Australia     David Rentz
      • Central and South America, and Subsaharan Africa     Piotr Naskrecki
      • America north of Mexico     Thomas Walker
  • Grylloidea
    • America north of Mexico     Thomas Walker
    • Australia and Caribbean area     Daniel Otte
• Caelifera
  • Tetrigidae     Hendrik Devriese
  • Proscopiidae     Alba Bentos-Pereira
  • Eumastacidae
    • Africa and South America     Christiane Amédégnato
    • Eumastacinae (Central America)     Hugh Rowell
  • Tristiridae     María Marta Cigliano
  • Romaleidae
    • Bactrophorinae     Christiane Amédégnato
    • Romaleinae     Carlos Carbonell
  • Acrididae
    • Copiocerinae     Christiane Amédégnato
    • Cyrtacanthacridinae     Hojun Song
    • Gomphocerinae of North America     Daniel Otte
    • Leptysminae     Christiane Amédégnato
    • Melanoplinae     María Marta Cigliano
    • Oedipodinae of North America     Daniel Otte
    • Ommatolampinae     Christiane Amédégnato
    • Proctolabinae     Christiane Amédégnato
    • Rhytidochrotinae
      • Central America     Hugh Rowell
      • Elsewhere     Christiane Amédégnato
  • Acridomorpha not otherwise covered
    • Costa Rica and Panama     Hugh Rowell
    • Mexico and Central America north of Costa Rica     Christiane Amédégnato
  • Caelifera not otherwise covered      María Marta Cigliano
• Orthoptera not otherwise covered      David Eades