蝗虫乃当今蝗总科Acridoidea所有种类的统称。在编写《中国动物志·蝗总科》1时夏凯龄将我国隶属于蝗总科的蝗虫分为8个科,而将原属于蝗总科的菱蝗和短角蝗从中分出,称之为蚱和蜢,而独立成为蚱总科Tetrigidea和蜢总科Eumastacoidea。自此,原本属于蝗虫的菱蝗和短角蝗,就脱离了蝗虫范畴。蝗虫这一名称,在我国历史长河中,究竟是从何时开始出现?陈永林在其撰著之《中国主要蝗虫及蝗灾的生态学治理》2一书中指出,蝗虫一词始于《史 Locusts are now collectively referred to as Acridoidea. In the preparation of “China zoo locust chief” 1 Xia Xiling will be our country belongs to Acrididae locusts is divided into eight families, and will belong to the total family Locusta and Locusta separatism, called Grasshoppers and grasshoppers, while the independent grasshopper Tetrigidea and grasshopper Eumastacoidea. Since then, Locusts and Locusts, originally belonging to locusts, have escaped from locusts. In the long history of our country, is the name “locust” beginning to emerge? In his essay on “Ecological Management of Major Locusts and Locusts in China,” 2 Chen Yonglin pointed out that the term locust began with "history