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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
171
1130
2108
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
171
1130
2108
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
155
1094
2038
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
18
50
63
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
5
12
10
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Eswatini
5 Families width 10 Species and 4 Subspecies
Acrididae MacLeay, 1819Grasshoppers and locusts4SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgomorphidae Brunner von ..., 1874Bushlocusts2SpeciesTaxom
Lentulidae Dirsh, 1956Lentulid Grasshoppers2SpeciesTaxom
Gryllidae Bolivar, 1878Crickets1SpeciesTaxom
Tettigoniidae Krauss, 1902Bush crickets1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Eswatini
12 Genera with 10 Species
Acorypha Krauss, 19022SpeciesTaxom
Acrida Linnaeus, 19631SpeciesTaxom
Chrotogonus Serville, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Gastrimargus Saussure, 1884
0SpeciesTaxom
Gymnobothrus Bolivar, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Lentula Stål, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Orthochtha Karsch, 18692SpeciesTaxom
Prolandreva Gorochov, 20102SpeciesTaxom
Ruspolia Schulthess-S..., 18691SpeciesTaxom
Swaziacris Dirsh, 19531SpeciesTaxom
Xerophlaeoba Uvarov, 1936
0SpeciesTaxom
Zonocerus Stål, 18152SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Eswatini
10 Species and 4 Subspecies
Acorypha nigrovariegata Bolivar, 1889
Acorypha nigrovariegata tibialis Kirby, W.F., 1902
Acrida fumata Steinmann, 1963
Chrotogonus (Chrotogonus) hemipterus Schaum, 1853
Gymnobothrus lineaalba Bolivar, 1889
Lentula obtusifrons Stål, 1878
Orthochtha dasycnemis Gerstaecker, 1869
Orthochtha dasycnemis dasycnemis Gerstaecker, 1869
Prolandreva aenigmatosa Gorochov, 2005
Prolandreva aenigmatosa borealis Gorochov, 2010
Ruspolia ampla Walker, 1869Robust Conehead Katydid
Swaziacris burtti Dirsh, 1953
Zonocerus elegans Thunberg, 1815Elegant Grasshopper
Zonocerus elegans elegans Thunberg, 1815Elegant Grasshopper

Subnodes of Orthoptera with occurrences in Eswatini
SuborderCaelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
3
10
8
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderEnsifera
Lesson, 1843
Locusts, Long-horned grasshoppers, Long-horned Orthoptera
2
2
2
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