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Checklist for Order Orthoptera Latreille, 1793 (Crickets And Grasshoppers)
and region Burkina Faso (West Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
164
1007
2041
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
164
1007
2041
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
156
988
1997
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
21
58
83
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
4
13
16
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Burkina Faso
4 Families width 16 Species and 2 Subspecies
Acrididae MacLeay, 1819Grasshoppers and locusts10SpeciesTaxom
Tettigoniidae Krauss, 1902Bush crickets3SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgomorphidae Brunner von ..., 1874Bushlocusts2SpeciesTaxom
Gryllidae Bolivar, 1878Crickets1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Burkina Faso
13 Genera with 16 Species
Abisares Stål, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Aiolopus Fieber, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Arantia Stål, 18892SpeciesTaxom
Atlasacris Rehn, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Cannula I. Bolivar, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Chrotogonus Serville, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Dictyophorus Thunberg, 18472SpeciesTaxom
Mesopsis Bolivar, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Parepistaurus Karsch, 19981SpeciesTaxom
Parga Walker, 19263SpeciesTaxom
Phaeophilacris Walker, 19701SpeciesTaxom
Schistocerca Stål, 1899Bird grasshoppers2SpeciesTaxom
Truxalis Fabricius, 1775
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Burkina Faso
16 Species and 2 Subspecies
Abisares viridipennis hylaeus Rehn, J.A.G., 1914
Aiolopus longicornis Sjöstedt, 1910
Arantia (Euarantia) rectifolia Brunner von ..., 1878
Arantia (Euarantia) regina Karsch, 1889
Atlasacris peculiaris Rehn, 1914
Cannula gracilis Burmeister, 1838Grass-mimicking Grasshopper
Chrotogonus (Chrotogonus) hemipterus Schaum, 1853
Dictyophorus (Tapesiella) griseus Reiche & Fai..., 1849
Dictyophorus griseus griseus Fairmaire & ..., 1847
Mesopsis laticornis Krauss, 1877
Parepistaurus tenuicercus Green, 1998
Parga aurata Sjöstedt, 1932
Parga aurea Sjöstedt, 1932
Parga cyanoptera Uvarov, 1926
Phaeophilacris ocellata Chopard, 1970
Schistocerca alutacea Harris, 1841Green bird grasshopper
Schistocerca lineata (Scudder, 1899)⇒ Schistocerca alutacea Harris, 1841

Subnodes of Orthoptera with occurrences in Burkina Faso
SuborderCaelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
2
10
12
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderEnsifera
Lesson, 1843
Locusts, Long-horned grasshoppers, Long-horned Orthoptera
2
3
4
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



Orthoptera (Latreille 1793)
Orthoptera (Latreille 1793)


Links, sources and further information
Orthoptera at orthoptera.speciesfile.org
Orthoptera at grasshoppersofeurope.com
Orthoptera at papua-insects.nl
Orthoptera at artfakta.se
Orthoptera at dyntaxa.se
Orthoptera at gbif.org
Orthoptera at itis.gov
Orthoptera at marinespecies.org