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Checklist for Order Orthoptera Latreille, 1793 (Crickets And Grasshoppers)
and region Taita-Taveta County (Coast Province, Kenya)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
84
257
324
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
84
257
324
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
81
252
319
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
9
14
13
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
6
10
10
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Taita-Taveta County
6 Families width 10 Species and 1 Subspecies
Tettigoniidae Krauss, 1902Bush crickets2SpeciesTaxom
Acrididae MacLeay, 1819Grasshoppers and locusts1SpeciesTaxom
Phalangopsidae Chopard, 1949Spider cricket1SpeciesTaxom
Gryllidae Bolivar, 1878Crickets5SpeciesTaxom
Lentulidae Dirsh, 1956Lentulid Grasshoppers1SpeciesTaxom
Stenopelmatidae Burmeister, 1838Bulldog Raspy Crickets0SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Taita-Taveta County
10 Genera with 10 Species
Afroanthracites Hemp & Ingrisch, 20191SpeciesTaxom
Amytta Karsch, 20171SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtacanthacris Walker, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Endecous Saussure, 18911SpeciesTaxom
Gryllus Linnaeus, 1773Common crickets1SpeciesTaxom
Modicogryllus Chopard, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Podogryllus Karsch, 19832SpeciesTaxom
Rhainopomma Jago, 19501SpeciesTaxom
Stenopelmatus Burmeister, 1838
Jerusalem crickets0SpeciesTaxom
Teleogryllus Chopard, 19071SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Taita-Taveta County
10 Species and 1 Subspecies
Afroanthracites pommeri Hemp, 2019
Amytta taitensis C.Hemp, 2017
Cyrtacanthacris tatarica tatarica Linnaeus, 1758
Endecous (Notendecous) onthophagus Berg, 1891
Gryllus (Gryllus) bimaculatus (De Geer, 1773)⇒ Pternoscirta bimaculata Thunberg, 1815
Modicogryllus (Modicogryllus) alluaudi Chopard, 1932
Podogryllus chyulu Otte, 1983
Podogryllus zambezicus Otte, 1983
Rhainopomma montanum Kevan, 1950Taita Striped Grasshopper
Teleogryllus wernerianus Karny, 1907

Subnodes of Orthoptera with occurrences in Taita-Taveta County
SuborderCaelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
2
2
2
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderEnsifera
Lesson, 1843
Locusts, Long-horned grasshoppers, Long-horned Orthoptera
4
8
8
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