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Checklist for Order Orthoptera Latreille, 1793 (Crickets And Grasshoppers)
and region Cape of Good Hope (Cape Peninsula)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
153
532
761
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
153
532
761
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
150
529
758
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
10
19
22
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
5
14
16
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Cape of Good Hope
5 Families width 16 Species and 2 Subspecies
Acrididae MacLeay, 1819Grasshoppers and locusts8SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgomorphidae Brunner von ..., 1874Bushlocusts2SpeciesTaxom
Tettigoniidae (Krauss, 1902)Bush crickets3SpeciesTaxom
Pamphagidae Burmeister, 1840Toad grasshopper2SpeciesTaxom
Tetrigidae Rambur, 1838Groundhoppers1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Cape of Good Hope
14 Genera with 16 Species
Abisares Stål, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Chondracris Uvarov, 17731SpeciesTaxom
Choroedocus Bolivar, 18151SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtacanthacris Walker, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Dictyophorus Thunberg, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Hetrodes Fischer von ..., 17581SpeciesTaxom
Lamarckiana Kirby, 18131SpeciesTaxom
Melanoplus Stål, 1963Spur-throat grasshoppers1SpeciesTaxom
Pamphagus Thunberg, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Paratettix I. Bolivar, 1815Creek Pygmy Grasshoppers1SpeciesTaxom
Phymateus Thunberg, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Tettigonia Linnaeus, 1781katydid2SpeciesTaxom
Truxalis Fabricius, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Tylotropidius Stål, 18151SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape of Good Hope
16 Species and 2 Subspecies
Abisares viridipennis hylaeus Rehn, J.A.G., 1914
Chondracris rosea De Geer, 1773
Choroedocus capensis Thunberg, 1815
Cyrtacanthacris aeruginosa aeruginosa Stoll, 1813
Cyrtacanthacris tatarica Linnaeus, 1758Yellow-backed grasshopper
Dictyophorus (Dictyophorus) spumans Thunberg, 1787Koppie foam grasshopper
Hetrodes pupus Linnaeus, 1758Koringkriek
Lamarckiana cucullata Stoll, 1813
Melanoplus elater Strohecker, 1963
Pamphagus elephas Linnaeus, 1758
Paratettix scaber Thunberg, 1815
Phymateus (Phymateus) morbillosus Linnaeus, 1758
Tettigonia catena (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Quintilia catena Fabricius, 1775
Tettigonia villosa (Fabricius, 1781)⇒ Paranistria villosa Fabricius, 1781
Truxalis nasuta (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Truxalis viridifasciata Krauss, 1902
Tylotropidius didymus Thunberg, 1815

Subnodes of Orthoptera with occurrences in Cape of Good Hope
SuborderCaelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
4
12
13
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderEnsifera
Lesson, 1843
Locusts, Long-horned grasshoppers, Long-horned Orthoptera
1
2
3
Family
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