ACRIDIDAE
(grasshoppers)

Interactions where ACRIDIDAE is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
egg pod is endoparasitoid host of larva ForeignRestricted Stomorhina lunata Locust Blowfly Diptera: Calliphoridae Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae, van Emden, F.I.,, 1954
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Calliphoridae/Stomorhina lunata/Stomorhina lunatalocust blowflylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Orthoptera/Acrididae/Acrididaegrasshoppersegg podSole larva is endoparasitoid of egg pod
is parasitoid host of larva Questionable Sarcophila latifrons a flesh fly Diptera: Sarcophagidae Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae, van Emden, F.I.,, 1954
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Sarcophagidae/Sarcophila latifrons/Sarcophila latifronsa flesh flylarva Animal / parasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Orthoptera/Acrididae/Acrididaegrasshoppers? larva is parasitoid of
is predated by larva Sarcophila latifrons a flesh fly Diptera: Sarcophagidae Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae, van Emden, F.I.,, 1954
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Sarcophagidae/Sarcophila latifrons/Sarcophila latifronsa flesh flylarva Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Orthoptera/Acrididae/Acrididaegrasshoppers larva is predator of
is parasitised by Aspergillus dematiaceous anamorph Aspergillus parasiticus a dematiaceous hyphomycete Eurotiales: Trichocomaceae Aspergillus parasiticus, Kozakiewicz, Z., 1990
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Eurotiomycetes/Eurotiales/Trichocomaceae/Aspergillus parasiticus/Aspergillus parasiticusa dematiaceous hyphomyceteAspergillus dematiaceous anamorph Animal / parasite /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Orthoptera/Acrididae/Acrididaegrasshoppers Aspergillus dematiaceous anamorph parasitises
body cavity body cavity is endoparasitised by larva Mermis nigrescens Rainworm, Grasshopper Nematode Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
 /Animalia/Nematoda/Adenophorea/Mermis nigrescens/Mermis nigrescensrainworm, grasshopper nematodelarva Animal / parasite / endoparasite /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Orthoptera/Acrididae/Acrididaegrasshoppersbody cavity larva endoparasitises body cavity

Author & YearTitleSource
Avery, R.A., 1974Identification of Animal ParasitesHulton Group Keys, 182pp, Hulton Educational Publications Ltd.
Kozakiewicz, Z., 1990Aspergillus parasiticusI.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 994.
van Emden, F.I.,, 1954Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and CalliphoridaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 4(a), 133pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

ACRIDIDAE (grasshoppers) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

ACRIDIDAE (grasshoppers) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Locusta migratoria
African Migratory Locust
Species 6 trophisms 1 references
Schistocerca gregaria
Desert Locust
Species 10 trophisms 1 references
Stenobothrus lineatus
Stripe-winged Grasshopper
Species 1 references
Stethophyma grossum
Large Marsh Grasshopper
Species 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyACRIDIDAE (grasshoppers)
SuperfamilyACRIDOIDEA (a superfamily of orthopterans)
OrderORTHOPTERA (grasshoppers and crickets)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for ACRIDIDAE (grasshoppers)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Holst, K.Th. 1986 The Saltatoria (Bush-Crickets, Crickets and Grass-Hoppers) of Northern Europe Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, 16, 127pp, E. J. Brill / Scandinavian Science Press Ltd.

ACRIDIDAE (grasshoppers) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Heath, J., Harding, P.T. & Haes, E.C.M. 1979 Provisional atlas of the insects of the British Isles. Part 6 Orthoptera: Grasshoppers and crickets 2nd ed edition, 29pp, Biological Records Centre

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to ACRIDIDAE (grasshoppers):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 70 images of ACRIDIDAE (grasshoppers)
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