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Checklist of Order Orthoptera Latreille, 1793 (Crickets And Grasshoppers)
for Transvaal (Republic South Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
377
3064
5702
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
377
3064
5702
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
354
2978
5577
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
39
233
425
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
16
137
221
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Transvaal
16 Families width 221 Species and 12 Subspecies
Acrididae MacLeay, 1819Grasshoppers and locusts82SpeciesTaxom
Anostostomatidae Saussure, 1859Wetas & King Crickets5SpeciesTaxom
Eneopteridae (Saussure, 1893)Bush cricket1SpeciesTaxom
Euschmidtiidae Rehn, 19482SpeciesTaxom
Gryllacrididae Blanchard, 1845Camel Crickets2SpeciesTaxom
Gryllidae Bolivar, 1878Crickets22SpeciesTaxom
Lentulidae Dirsh, 1956Lentulid Grasshoppers10SpeciesTaxom
Oecanthidae (Blanchard, 1845)Tree cricket4SpeciesTaxom
Pamphagidae Burmeister, 1840Toad grasshopper17SpeciesTaxom
Pamphagodidae Bolivar, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Phalangopsidae (Chopard, 1949)Spider cricket2SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgomorphidae Brunner von ..., 1874Bushlocusts13SpeciesTaxom
Tetrigidae Rambur, 1838Groundhoppers4SpeciesTaxom
Tettigoniidae Krauss, 1902Bush crickets40SpeciesTaxom
Thericleidae Burr, 189915SpeciesTaxom
Tridactylidae Saussure, 1874Pygmy mole cricket1SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Orthoptera with occurrences in Transvaal
SuborderCaelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
9
95
145
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SuborderEnsifera
Lesson, 1843
Locusts, Long-horned grasshoppers, Long-horned Orthoptera
7
42
76
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Orthoptera (Latreille 1793)
Orthoptera (Latreille 1793)


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