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Checklist for Order Orthoptera Latreille, 1793 (Crickets And Grasshoppers)
and region East Africa (Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
743
20447
107483
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
739
20429
107440
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
708
20177
106478
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
102
1509
5307
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
33
915
2886
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for East Africa
33 Families width 2886 Species and 280 Subspecies
#ADEGLMOPRSTV
Acrididae MacLeay, 1819Grasshoppers and locusts903SpeciesTaxom
Anostostomatidae Saussure, 1859Wetas & King Crickets32SpeciesTaxom
Dericorythidae Jacobson & B..., 19023SpeciesTaxom
Elcanidae Handlirsch, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Eneopteridae (Saussure, 1893)Bush cricket6SpeciesTaxom
Episactidae Burr, 189919SpeciesTaxom
Eumastacidae Burr, 1898Matchstick grasshoppers2SpeciesTaxom
Euschmidtiidae Rehn, 1948228SpeciesTaxom
Gryllacrididae Blanchard, 1845Camel Crickets68SpeciesTaxom
Gryllidae Bolivar, 1878Crickets245SpeciesTaxom
Gryllotalpidae Saussure, 1870Mole cricket7SpeciesTaxom
Lentulidae Dirsh, 1956Lentulid Grasshoppers44SpeciesTaxom
Malgasiidae (Gorochov, 1984)15SpeciesTaxom
Mogoplistidae Saussure, 1877Scaly cricket34SpeciesTaxom
Myrmecophilidae Saussure, 1874Ant cricket6SpeciesTaxom
Oecanthidae (Blanchard, 1845)Tree cricket10SpeciesTaxom
Pamphagidae Burmeister, 1840Toad grasshopper24SpeciesTaxom
Paragryllidae (Desutter-Gra..., 1987)2SpeciesTaxom
Permoraphidiidae Tillyard, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Phalangopsidae (Chopard, 1949)Spider cricket9SpeciesTaxom
Pneumoridae Stål, 1873Bladder grasshopper2SpeciesTaxom
Podoscirtidae Saussure, 187890SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgacrididae Kevan, 19742SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgomorphidae Brunner von ..., 1874Bushlocusts184SpeciesTaxom
Rhaphidophoridae Walker, 1869And Cave Weta1SpeciesTaxom
Romaleidae Brunner von ..., 1893Lubber grasshopper1SpeciesTaxom
Stenopelmatidae Burmeister, 1838Bulldog Raspy Crickets2SpeciesTaxom
Tetrigidae Rambur, 1838Groundhoppers122SpeciesTaxom
Tettigoniidae Krauss, 1902Bush crickets633SpeciesTaxom
Thericleidae Burr, 1899111SpeciesTaxom
Tridactylidae Saussure, 1874Pygmy mole cricket12SpeciesTaxom
Trigonidiidae (Saussure, 1870)And Ground Crickets67SpeciesTaxom
Vitimiidae Sharov, 19680SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Orthoptera with occurrences in East Africa
SuborderCaelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
14
548
1657
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderEnsifera
Lesson, 1843
Locusts, Long-horned grasshoppers, Long-horned Orthoptera
19
367
1229
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