Checklist for Superorder Polyneoptera Martynov, 1923
and region Benin (West Africa)
List of families for Benin
19 Families width 210 Species and 33 Subspecies | Acrididae MacLeay, 1819 | Grasshoppers and locusts | 155 | Species | Taxom | | Amorphoscelidae Stål, 1877 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Blaberidae Saussure, 1864 | Blaberids | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Blattellidae (Karny, 1908) | German Cockroach | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Blattidae Stephens, 1829 | American cockroaches | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ectobiidae (Brunner von ..., 1865) | Wood cockroaches | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Elcanidae Handlirsch, 1906 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eneopteridae (Saussure, 1893) | Bush cricket | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euschmidtiidae Rehn, 1948 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gryllidae Bolivar, 1878 | Crickets | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Hymenopodidae Giglio-Tos, 1919 | Flower mimic mantises | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Kalotermitidae Froggatt, 1897 | Dampwood termites | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Mantidae Burmeister, 1838 | Mantids | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Pyrgomorphidae Brunner von ..., 1874 | Bushlocusts | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Rhinotermitidae Froggatt, 1897 | Subterranean termites | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Termitidae Latreille, 1802 | Higher termites | 16 | Species | Taxom | | Tetrigidae Rambur, 1838 | Groundhoppers | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Tettigoniidae Krauss, 1902 | Bush crickets | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Thericleidae Burr, 1899 | | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Polyneoptera with occurrences in Benin | Order | Blattodea
Latreille, 1810
Cockroach, Cockroaches, Cockroaches and Termites, Cockroachs, Termites | 7
24
27 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Order | Mantodea
Burmeister, 1838
Mantes, Mantids, Mantis, Mantises, Praying Mantids, Praying mantis, Praying Mantises, The mantes, The mantises | 3
8
8 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Order | Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas | 9
122
175 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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