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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
355
2690
5936
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
354
2687
5927
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
344
2654
5866
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
36
132
227
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
15
74
120
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Egypt
15 Families width 120 Species and 32 Subspecies
Acrididae MacLeay, 1819Grasshoppers and locusts65SpeciesTaxom
Gryllidae Bolivar, 1878Crickets12SpeciesTaxom
Pamphagidae Burmeister, 1840Toad grasshopper6SpeciesTaxom
Tettigoniidae Krauss, 1902Bush crickets14SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgomorphidae Brunner von ..., 1874Bushlocusts8SpeciesTaxom
Dericorythidae Jacobson & B..., 19023SpeciesTaxom
Gryllotalpidae Saussure, 1870Mole cricket2SpeciesTaxom
Gryllacrididae Blanchard, 1845Camel Crickets1SpeciesTaxom
Locustopsidae Handlirsch, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Episactidae Burr, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Myrmecophilidae Saussure, 1874Ant cricket1SpeciesTaxom
Oecanthidae Blanchard, 1845Tree cricket2SpeciesTaxom
Ommexechidae Bolivar, 18840SpeciesTaxom
Tetrigidae Rambur, 1838Groundhoppers1SpeciesTaxom
Trigonidiidae Saussure, 1870And Ground Crickets3SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Egypt
74 Genera with 120 Species
#ABCDEGHILMOPSTX
Abisares Stål, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Acheta Linnaeus, 18552SpeciesTaxom
Acrida Linnaeus, 18383SpeciesTaxom
Acridium Schaeffer, 17641SpeciesTaxom
Acrotylus Fieber, 1898burrowing grasshoppers5SpeciesTaxom
Aeolopus Kirby, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Aiolopus Fieber, 17816SpeciesTaxom
Anacridium Uvarov, 17641SpeciesTaxom
Anepisceptus Fieber, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Brachytrupes Serville, 17731SpeciesTaxom
Calephorus Fieber, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Calliptamus Serville, 18703SpeciesTaxom
Chrotogonus Serville, 18363SpeciesTaxom
Cibolacris Hebard, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Conocephalus Thunberg, 1997Coneheads8SpeciesTaxom
Cryncus Gorochov, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Dericorys Serville, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Diogena Brunner von ..., 18381SpeciesTaxom
Duroniella Bolivar, 19431SpeciesTaxom
Eremotmethis Uvarov, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Eumodicogryllus Gorochov, 18042SpeciesTaxom
Eyprepocnemis Fieber, 18251SpeciesTaxom
Gryllomorpha Fieber, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Gryllopsis Chopard, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Gryllotalpa Latreille, 1758Seven-spurred mole crickets3SpeciesTaxom
Gryllus Linnaeus, 1838Common crickets3SpeciesTaxom
Helioscirtus Saussure, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Heteracris Walker, 18385SpeciesTaxom
Hyalorrhipis Saussure, 18892SpeciesTaxom
Iranella Uvarov, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Leptea Bolivar, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Leptopternis Saussure, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Leptoscirtus Saussure, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Lezina Walker, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Locusta Linnaeus, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Locustopsis Handlirsch, 19911SpeciesTaxom
Malagassa Saussure, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Modicogryllus Chopard, 18042SpeciesTaxom
Myrmecophilus Berthold, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Ochrilidia Stål, 19314SpeciesTaxom
Oecanthus Serville, 1763Common tree crickets2SpeciesTaxom
Oedipoda Latreille, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Ommexecha Serville, 1831
0SpeciesTaxom
Pachytylus Fieber, 17671SpeciesTaxom
Pamphagulus Uvarov, 19292SpeciesTaxom
Paracinipe Descamps & M..., 18822SpeciesTaxom
Paratettix I. Bolivar, 1838Creek Pygmy Grasshoppers1SpeciesTaxom
Pezotettix Burmeister, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Phaneroptera Serville, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Platycleis Fieber, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Platyphyllum Serville, 1831
0SpeciesTaxom
Poecilimon Fischer, 18671SpeciesTaxom
Poekilocerus Serville, 18384SpeciesTaxom
Psoloessa Scudder, 18761SpeciesTaxom
Pternoscirta Saussure, 18151SpeciesTaxom
Pterolepis Rambur, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Pteronemobius Jakobson, 19052SpeciesTaxom
Pycnodictya Stål, 18502SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgomorpha Serville, 17914SpeciesTaxom
Schistocerca Stål, 1804Bird grasshoppers5SpeciesTaxom
Scotodrymadusa Ramme, 1939
0SpeciesTaxom
Sphingoderus Bei-Bienko, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Sphingonotus Fieber, 190215SpeciesTaxom
Sphodromerus Stål, 18382SpeciesTaxom
Stenobothrus Fischer, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Sudanicus Werner, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Tenuitarsus Bolivar, 18361SpeciesTaxom
Thisoicetrus Brunner von ..., 19231SpeciesTaxom
Tmethis Fieber, 18383SpeciesTaxom
Tropidopola Stål, 18532SpeciesTaxom
Truxalis Fabricius, 19027SpeciesTaxom
Turanogryllus Tarbinsky, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Tylopsis Fieber, 17931SpeciesTaxom
Xerohippus Uvarov, 1890desert grasshoppers1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Egypt
120 Species and 32 Subspecies
Abisares viridipennis hylaeus Rehn, J.A.G., 1914
Acheta domesticus Fabricius, 1787European hearth cricket
Acheta gossypii Costa, 1855
Acrida bicolor Thunberg, 1815Long-headed grasshopper
Acrida turrita Linnaeus, 1758Long-headed grasshopper
Acrida unguiculata (Rambur, 1838)⇒ Truxalis indica Bolivar, 1902
Acridium aegyptium (Linnaeus, 1764)⇒ Anacridium aegyptium Linnaeus, 1764
Acrotylus fischeri Azam, 1901
Acrotylus insubricus (Scopoli, 1786)⇒ Acrotylus fischeri Azam, 1901
Acrotylus insubricus inficitus Walker, 1870
Acrotylus insubricus insubricus Scopoli, 1786
Acrotylus versicolor (Burr, 1898)⇒ Acrotylus insubricus insubricus Scopoli, 1786
Aeolopus strepens (Latreille, 1804)⇒ Aiolopus strepens strepens Latreille, 1804
Aiolopus simulatrix Walker, 1870Sudan plague locust
Aiolopus simulatrix simulatrix Walker, 1870
Aiolopus strepens Latreille, 1804Broad Green-winged Grasshopper
Aiolopus strepens strepens Latreille, 1804
Aiolopus thalassinus Fabricius, 1781Australian aiolopus
Aiolopus thalassinus thalassinus Fabricius, 1781
Anacridium aegyptium Linnaeus, 1764Egyptian Grasshopper
Anepisceptus horridus Burmeister, 1838
Brachytrupes membranaceus membranaceus Drury, 1773
Calephorus compressicornis Latreille, 1804
Calliptamus barbarus Costa, 1836Eurasian Pincer Grasshopper
Calliptamus barbarus barbarus Costa, O.G., 1836
Calliptamus testaceus Walker, 1870
Chrotogonus (Chrotogonus) homalodemus Blanchard, 1836
Chrotogonus homalodemus homalodemus Blanchard, 1836
Chrotogonus lugubris (Blanchard, 1836)⇒ Chrotogonus homalodemus homalodemus Blanchard, 1836
Cibolacris parviceps Walker, 1870
Conocephalus (Anisoptera) concolor Burmeister, 1838
Conocephalus concolor concolor Burmeister, 1838
Conocephalus (Conocephalus) cognatus Redtenbacher, 1891
Conocephalus (Conocephalus) lugubris Redtenbacher, 1891
Conocephalus (Conocephalus) stramineus Haan, 1842
Conocephalus (Xiphidion) discolor (Thunberg, 1815)⇒ Conocephalus guangdongensis Shi & Liang, 1997
Conocephalus (Xiphidion) fuscus Thunberg, 1815Long-winged Cone-head
Conocephalus (Xiphidion) guangdongensis Shi & Liang, 1997
Cryncus apricus Saussure, 1877
Dericorys albidula Serville, 1838
Diogena fausta Burmeister, 1838
Duroniella cooperi Uvarov, 1943
Eremotmethis carinatus Fabricius, 1775
Eumodicogryllus bordigalensis (Latreille, 1804)⇒ Modicogryllus bordigalensis Latreille, 1804
Eumodicogryllus bordigalensis bordigalensis Latreille, 1804Bordeaux Cricket
Eyprepocnemis plorans Charpentier, 1825Lamenting Grasshopper
Gryllomorpha (Gryllomorpha) rufescens Uvarov, 1924
Gryllopsis mareotica Werner, 1905
Gryllotalpa africana Beauvois, 1805African Mole Cricket
Gryllotalpa africana africana (Beauvois, 1805)⇒ Gryllotalpa africana Beauvois, 1805
Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa Linnaeus, 1758European mole cricket
Gryllus (Gryllus) bimaculatus (De Geer, 1773)⇒ Pternoscirta bimaculata Thunberg, 1815
Gryllus (Gryllus) campestris (Geer, 1773)⇒ Brachytrupes membranaceus membranaceus Drury, 1773
Gryllus burdigalensis cerisyi (Serville, 1838)⇒ Eumodicogryllus bordigalensis bordigalensis Latreille, 1804
Helioscirtus gravesi Uvarov, 1924
Heteracris annulosa Walker, 1870
Heteracris etbaica Ramme, 1928
Heteracris littoralis Rambur, 1838Mediterranean Splendid Grasshopper
Heteracris morbosa Serville, 1838
Heteracris morbosa morbosa Serville, 1838
Hyalorrhipis canescens Saussure, 1888
Hyalorrhipis rhamses Saussure, 1889
Iranella eremiaphila Uvarov, 1922
Leptea debilis Finot, 1894
Leptopternis gracilis Eversmann, 1848
Leptoscirtus aviculus Saussure, 1888
Lezina concolor Walker, 1869
Locusta migratoria Linnaeus, 1758African migratory locust
Locusta migratoria migratoria Linnaeus, 1758Migratory Locust
Locustopsis africanus J. Ansorge, 1991
Malagassa leptotes Brancsik, 1893
Modicogryllus (Eumodicogryllus) bordigalensis Latreille, 1804
Modicogryllus bordigalensis bordigalensis Latreille, 1804
Myrmecophilus (Myrmophilina) cottami Chopard, 1922
Ochrilidia geniculata I. Bolivar, 1913
Ochrilidia gracilis Krauss, 1902
Ochrilidia gracilis gracilis Krauss, 1902
Ochrilidia nilotica (Salfi, 1931)⇒ Ochrilidia geniculata I. Bolivar, 1913
Oecanthus dulcisonans Gorochov, 1993
Oecanthus pellucens Scopoli, 1763European tree cricket
Oedipoda caerulescens sulfurescens Saussure, 1884
Pachytylus danicus (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Locusta migratoria migratoria Linnaeus, 1758
Pamphagulus bodenheimeri Uvarov, 1929
Pamphagulus bodenheimeri bodenheimeri Uvarov, 1929
Paracinipe suezensis Ünal & Massa, 2016
Paracinipe zebrata Brunner von ..., 1882
Paratettix meridionalis Rambur, 1838Mediterranean Groundhopper
Pezotettix giornae Rossi, 1794Common Maquis Grasshopper
Phaneroptera (Phaneroptera) minima Brunner von ..., 1878
Platycleis (Platycleis) intermedia Serville, 1838
Poecilimon (Poecilimon) brunneri Frivaldsky, 1867Brunner's Bright Bush-cricket
Poekilocerus bufonius Klug, 1832Usher hopper
Poekilocerus bufonius bufonius Klug, J.C.F., 1832
Poekilocerus bufonius hieroglyphicus Klug, J.C.F., 1829
Poekilocerus vulcanus (Serville, 1838)⇒ Poekilocerus bufonius bufonius Klug, J.C.F., 1832
Psoloessa delicatula Scudder, 1876Brown-Spotted Range Grasshopper
Pternoscirta bimaculata Thunberg, 1815
Pterolepis bidens Uvarov, 1924
Pteronemobius (Pteronemobius) abruptus Uvarov, 1924
Pteronemobius (Pteronemobius) hafferli Werner, 1905
Pycnodictya galinieri Reiche & Fai..., 1849
Pycnodictya galinieri galinieri Fairmaire & ..., 1850
Pyrgomorpha (Pyrgomorpha) cognata Krauss, 1877
Pyrgomorpha cognata minima Uvarov, 1943
Pyrgomorpha (Pyrgomorpha) conica Olivier, 1791Common Stick Grasshopper
Pyrgomorpha conica conica Olivier, 1791
Schistocerca alutacea Harris, 1841Green bird grasshopper
Schistocerca gregaria Forskål, 1775Desert locust
Schistocerca gregaria gregaria Forskål, 1775Desert Locust
Schistocerca lineata (Scudder, 1899)⇒ Schistocerca alutacea Harris, 1841
Schistocerca peregrina (Olivier, 1804)⇒ Schistocerca gregaria gregaria Forskål, 1775
Sphingoderus carinatus Saussure, 1888
Sphingonotus (Neosphingonotus) pictus Werner, 1905
Sphingonotus pictus pictus Werner, 1905
Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) balteatus Serville, 1838
Sphingonotus balteatus latifasciatus Walker, 1870
Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) niloticus Saussure, 1888
Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) obscuratus Walker, 1870
Sphingonotus obscuratus obscuratus Walker, 1870
Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) octofasciatus Serville, 1838
Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) rubescens Walker, 1870
Sphingonotus rubescens rubescens Walker, 1870
Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) savignyi Saussure, 1884
Sphingonotus savignyi savignyi Saussure, 1884
Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) vitreus Saussure, 1888
Sphingonotus vitreus vitreus Saussure, 1888
Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) vosseleri Krauss, 1902
Sphodromerus atakanus Ramme, 1951
Sphodromerus serapis Serville, 1838
Stenobothrus limosus Walker, 1870
Sudanicus reginae Werner, 1913
Tenuitarsus angustus Blanchard, 1836
Thisoicetrus littoralis (Uvarov, 1923)⇒ Heteracris littoralis Rambur, 1838
Tmethis cisti Fabricius, 1787
Tmethis pulchripennis Serville, 1838
Tmethis pulchripennis pulchripennis Serville, 1838
Tropidopola cylindrica (Marschall, 1836)⇒ Tropidopola longicornis Fieber, 1853
Tropidopola longicornis Fieber, 1853
Truxalis annulata Thunberg, 1815
Truxalis grandis Klug, 1830
Truxalis indica Bolivar, 1902
Truxalis nasuta (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Truxalis viridifasciata Krauss, 1902
Truxalis pharaonis (Klug, J.C.F., 1830)⇒ Truxalis annulata Thunberg, 1815
Truxalis scalaris Klug, J.C.F., 1830
Truxalis viridifasciata Krauss, 1902
Turanogryllus niloticus Saussure, 1877
Tylopsis lilifolia Fabricius, 1793Lily Bush-cricket
Xerohippus savignyi Krauss, 1890

Subnodes of Orthoptera with occurrences in Egypt
SuborderCaelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
8
49
85
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderEnsifera
Lesson, 1843
Locusts, Long-horned grasshoppers, Long-horned Orthoptera
7
25
35
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