Checklist of the Orthopteroid Orders of Oklahoma
The following list contains 238 species of orthopteroid insects that have been reported to occur in Oklahoma. There are 205 true Orthoptera plus 20 species of cockroaches, 5 species of mantids and 8 species of walkingsticks. The entries are in alphabetical order under the next highest catagory.
This checklist is anything but complete. Corrections, additions or comments would be very welcome, please contact:
Don Arnold, Curator Emeritus
Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
Oklahoma State University
127 NRC
Stillwater, OK 74078
Tel: (405) 744-5527
e-mail don.arnold@okstate.edu
Checklist and Bibliography of Oklahoma Orthopteroid Orders:
Blattaria - Cockroaches
Blaberidae ... (giant cockroaches and others)
Blattellidae ... (German, wood, and other cockroaches)
Blattidae ... (oriental, American, and other cockroaches)
Polyphagidae ... (sand and other cockroaches)
Mantodea - Mantids
Mantidae ... (mantids)
Orthoptera - Grasshoppers, Crickets, and Katydids
Acrididae ... (short-horned grasshoppers)
Gryllidae ... (crickets)
Gryllotalpidae ... (mole crickets)
Mogoplistidae ... (scaly crickets)
Myrmecophilidae ... (ant-loving crickets)
Rhaphidophoridae ... (cave or camel crickets)
Stenopelmatidae ... (Jerusalem, sand, or stone crickets)
Tetrigidae ... (pygmy grasshoppers)
Tettigoniidae ... (long-horned grasshoppers)
Tridactylidae ... (pygmy mole crickets)
Phasmida - Walkingsticks and Leaf Insects
Heteronemiidae ... (common walkingsticks)
Pseudophasmatidae ... (striped walkingsticks)
|
