This work summarizes the preliminary taxonomic information available on the Orthoptera fauna of Hispaniola. Valid names, synonyms used in pertinent references, data on type specimens and species distributions are included. One hundred and three extant plus eight fossil species in Dominican amber are treated: Tridactylidae (1), Tetrigidae (12), Eumastacidae (10 1 fossil), Acrididae (20), Pyrgomorphidae (2), Tettigoniidae (22), Gryllidae (30 7 fossils), Anostostomatidae (3), Gryllacrididae (1), and Gryllotalpidae (2). Two genera of Tettigoniidae are recorded for the first time from the island.
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1 June 2001
Preliminary checklist of the Orthoptera (Saltatoria) of Hispaniola
Daniel E. Perez-Gelabert
Journal of Orthoptera Research
Vol. 10 • No. 1
June 2001
Vol. 10 • No. 1
June 2001
Caribbean
Crickets
Dominican Republic
grasshoppers
Haiti
katydids