Checklist for Order Orthoptera Latreille, 1793 (Crickets And Grasshoppers)
and region Cape Town (Western Cape)
List of families for Cape Town
16 Families width 55 Species and 1 Subspecies | Acrididae MacLeay, 1819 | Grasshoppers and locusts | 15 | Species | Taxom | | Pamphagidae Burmeister, 1840 | Toad grasshopper | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Tettigoniidae Krauss, 1902 | Bush crickets | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Lentulidae Dirsh, 1956 | Lentulid Grasshoppers | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Anostostomatidae Saussure, 1859 | Wetas & King Crickets | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Pneumoridae Stål, 1873 | Bladder grasshopper | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Gryllidae (Bolivar, 1878) | Crickets | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gryllacrididae Blanchard, 1845 | Camel Crickets | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Gryllotalpidae Saussure, 1870 | Mole cricket | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oecanthidae Blanchard, 1845 | Tree cricket | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tetrigidae Rambur, 1838 | Groundhoppers | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Eneopteridae Saussure, 1893 | Bush cricket | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pyrgomorphidae Brunner von ..., 1874 | Bushlocusts | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Stenopelmatidae Burmeister, 1838 | Bulldog Raspy Crickets | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhaphidophoridae Walker, 1869 | And Cave Weta | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tridactylidae Saussure, 1874 | Pygmy mole cricket | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Genera for Cape Town
42 Genera with 55 Species #ABCEGHKOPRSTXZ
| Acrida Linnaeus, 1758 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Acrotylus Fieber, 1873 | burrowing grasshoppers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aiolopus Fieber, 1781 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Akicera Serville, 1815 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anaeolopus Uvarov, 1815 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Arytropteris Herman, 1869 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Betiscoides Sjöstedt, 1937 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Borborothis Brunner von ..., 1888 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Bradyporus Charpentier, 1838 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Bullacris Roberts, 1758 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | Calliptamicus Uvarov, 1922 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Conocephalus Thunberg, 1907 | Coneheads | 2 | Species | Taxom | Cophogryllus Saussure, 1877 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Cyrtacanthacris Walker, 1813 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euryphymus Stål, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eyprepocnemis Fieber, 1838 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Glomeremus Karny, 1929 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Gryllotalpa Latreille, 1758 | Seven-spurred mole crickets | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gryllus Linnaeus, 1773 | Common crickets | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gymnidium Karsch, 1896 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Henicus Gray, 1916 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Keya Uvarov, 1941 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oecanthus Serville, 1877 | Common tree crickets | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oedaleus Fieber, 1773 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Onosandridus Péringuey, 1929 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Palaisioscaria Günther, 1934 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paratettix I. Bolivar, 1815 | Creek Pygmy Grasshoppers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paroecanthus Saussure, 2011 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phaneroptera Serville, 1853 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phymateus Thunberg, 1758 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Porthetis Serville, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhachitopis Uvarov, 1922 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ruspolia Schulthess-S..., 1786 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Schistocerca Stål, 1775 | Bird grasshoppers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Scintharista Saussure, 1873 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sia Giebel, 1869 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Spelaeiacris Péringuey, 1916 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tetrix Latreille, 1887 | Forest Pygmy Grasshoppers | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Thisoicetrinus Uvarov, 1833 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Tmetonota Saussure, 1884 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Xya Latreille, 1877 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Zabalius Bolivar, 1869 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Cape Town
55 Species and 1 Subspecies | Acrida acuminata Stål, 1873 | | | Acrida gigantea Herbst, 1786 | | | Acrida turrita Linnaeus, 1758 | Long-headed grasshopper | | Acrotylus apricarius Stål, 1873 | | | Aiolopus thalassinus Fabricius, 1781 | Australian aiolopus | | Akicera fusca Thunberg, 1815 | | | Anaeolopus dorsalis Thunberg, 1815 | | | Arytropteris basalis Walker, 1869 | Flat-necked shieldback | | Betiscoides meridionalis Sjöstedt, 1923 | Slender Restio Grasshopper | | Betiscoides sjostedti Key, 1937 | Robust Restio Grasshopper | | Borborothis brunneri Bolivar, 1890 | | | Borborothis opaca Brunner von ..., 1888 | | | Bradyporus (Callimenus) oniscus Burmeister, 1838 | Wood-louse Glandular Bush-cricket | | Bullacris discolor Thunberg, 1810 | Bladder grasshopper | | Bullacris obliqua Thunberg, 1810 | Bladder grasshopper | | Bullacris serrata Thunberg, 1810 | Bladder grasshopper | | Bullacris unicolor Linnaeus, 1758 | Bladder grasshopper | | Conocephalus (Megalotheca) parvula Péringuey, 1916 | | | Conocephalus (Megalotheca) vaginalis (Karny, 1907) | ⇒ Euconocephalus vaginalis Redtenbacher, 1891 | | Cyrtacanthacris aeruginosa Stoll, 1813 | | | Euryphymus haematopus Linnaeus, 1758 | Red-legged Agile Grasshopper | | Eyprepocnemis calceata Serville, 1838 | | | Glomeremus chimaera Griffini, 1911 | | | Glomeremus obtusus Karny, 1929 | | | Glomeremus sphingoides Karny, 1929 | | | Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa Linnaeus, 1758 | European mole cricket | | Gryllus (Gryllus) bimaculatus (De Geer, 1773) | ⇒ Pternoscirta bimaculata Thunberg, 1815 | | Gymnidium turbinatum Karsch, 1896 | | | Henicus brevimucronatus Griffini, 1911 | | | Henicus monstrosus Herbst, 1803 | | | Henicus prodigiosus Stål, 1878 | | | Henicus promontori Péringuey, 1916 | | | Keya capicola Uvarov, 1941 | | | Oecanthus capensis Saussure, 1877 | | | Oedaleus nigrofasciatus De Geer, 1773 | | | Onosandridus larvatus Karny, 1929 | Lost King Cricket | | Palaisioscaria calosoma calosoma (Günther, 1934) | ⇒ Palaisioscaria calosoma Günther, 1934 | | Paratettix scaber Thunberg, 1815 | | | Paroecanthus oaxaca Gorochov, 2011 | | | Phaneroptera (Phaneroptera) nana Fieber, 1853 | Mediterranean katydid | | Phymateus (Phymateus) madagassus Karsch, 1888 | | | Phymateus (Phymateus) morbillosus Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Porthetis carinata Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Rhachitopis nigripes Uvarov, 1922 | Dark-legged Agile Grasshopper | | Ruspolia ampla Walker, 1869 | Robust Conehead Katydid | | Ruspolia nitidula Scopoli, 1786 | Large Cone-head | | Schistocerca gregaria Forskål, 1775 | Desert locust | | Scintharista saucia Stål, 1873 | | | Sia (Maxentius) pallidus Walker, 1869 | | | Spelaeiacris tabulae Péringuey, 1916 | | | Tetrix condylops Gerstaecker, 1869 | | | Tetrix dubiosus Bolivar, 1887 | | | Thisoicetrinus pterostichus (Fischer von ..., 1833) | ⇒ Heteracris pterosticha Fischer von ..., 1833 | | Xya capensis Saussure, 1877 | | | Zabalius aridus Walker, 1869 | |
Subnodes of Orthoptera with occurrences in Cape Town
 | | Orthoptera (Latreille 1793) |
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