Species list, Checklist of Superorder Polyneoptera for Cape (Republic South Africa)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	612 8112 20932	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	611 8101 20891	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	584 7978 20649	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Polyneoptera Martynov, 1923	69 418 904	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Cape
69 Families width 904 Species and 36 Subspecies

Acrididae MacLeay, 1819	Grasshoppers and locusts	196	Species	Taxom
Anostostomatidae Saussure, 1859	Wetas & King Crickets	28	Species	Taxom
Bacillidae Brunner von ..., 1893	Bacillid Stick Insects	6	Species	Taxom
Blaberidae Saussure, 1864	Blaberids	60	Species	Taxom
Blattellidae (Karny, 1908)	German Cockroach	33	Species	Taxom
Blattidae Stephens, 1829	American cockroaches	27	Species	Taxom
Capniidae Klapálek, 1905	Capniid winter stoneflies	31	Species	Taxom
Carcinophoridae Hincks, 1954		1	Species	Taxom
Chloroperlidae Okamoto, 1912	Green stoneflies	6	Species	Taxom
Corydiidae de Saussure, 1864	Sand cockroaches	2	Species	Taxom
Diapheromeridae Rehn & Hebard, 1909	Diapheromerid Stick Insects	16	Species	Taxom
Ectobiidae (Brunner von ..., 1865)	Wood cockroaches	1	Species	Taxom
Embiidae Burmeister, 1839		1	Species	Taxom
Empusidae Burmeister, 1838	Violin mantises	2	Species	Taxom
Episactidae Burr, 1899		1	Species	Taxom
Euschmidtiidae Rehn, 1948		1	Species	Taxom
Euxenoperlidae Riek, 1976		1	Species	Taxom
Forficulidae Stephens, 1829	Common Earwig	4	Species	Taxom
Gryllacrididae Blanchard, 1845	Camel Crickets	9	Species	Taxom
Gryllidae Bolivar, 1878	Crickets	16	Species	Taxom
Gryllotalpidae Saussure, 1870	Mole cricket	4	Species	Taxom
Haglidae Handlirsch, 1906	Hump-winged cricket	2	Species	Taxom
Hodotermitidae Desneux, 1904	Harvester termites	2	Species	Taxom
Hymenopodidae Giglio-Tos, 1919	Flower mimic mantises	7	Species	Taxom
Iridopterygidae Giglio-Tos, 1919		1	Species	Taxom
Kalotermitidae Froggatt, 1897	Dampwood termites	1	Species	Taxom
Labiduridae Verhoeff, 1902	Long-horned earwig	1	Species	Taxom
Labiidae (Burr, 1909)	Little earwig	1	Species	Taxom
Lathiceridae Dirsh, 1954		1	Species	Taxom
Lentulidae Dirsh, 1956	Lentulid Grasshoppers	87	Species	Taxom
Leuctridae Klapálek, 1905	Needle Or Willow Stoneflies	3	Species	Taxom
Lithidiidae Dirsh, 1961		9	Species	Taxom
Locustavidae Sharov, 1968		1	Species	Taxom
Mantidae Burmeister, 1838	Mantids	39	Species	Taxom
Mantophasmatidae Zompro, Kla..., 2002	Gladiators	8	Species	Taxom
Mesoblattinidae Handlirsch, 1906		1	Species	Taxom
Mesorthopteridae Tillyard, 1922		1	Species	Taxom
Nemouridae Newman, 1853	Brown stoneflies	2	Species	Taxom
Oecanthidae (Blanchard, 1845)	Tree cricket	5	Species	Taxom
Pamphagidae Burmeister, 1840	Toad grasshopper	51	Species	Taxom
Perlidae (Latreille, 1802)	Common stoneflies	2	Species	Taxom
Perlodidae Klapálek, 1912	Perlodid stoneflies	1	Species	Taxom
Phalangopsidae (Chopard, 1949)	Spider cricket	1	Species	Taxom
Phasmatidae Roberts, 1944	Walking sticks	3	Species	Taxom
Pneumoridae Stål, 1873	Bladder grasshopper	16	Species	Taxom
Podoscirtidae Saussure, 1878		1	Species	Taxom
Prisopodidae Brunner von ..., 1893		2	Species	Taxom
Proparagryllacrididae Riek, 1956		3	Species	Taxom
Pseudophasmatidae Kirby, 1896	Striped Walkingsticks	1	Species	Taxom
Pseudophyllodromiidae Hebard, 1929		11	Species	Taxom
Pygidicranidae (Verhoeff, 1902)		1	Species	Taxom
Pyrgomorphidae Brunner von ..., 1874	Bushlocusts	24	Species	Taxom
Rhaphidophoridae Walker, 1869	And Cave Weta	2	Species	Taxom
Schizodactylidae Karny, 1927	Dune crickets	2	Species	Taxom
Spiloblattinidae Handlirsch, 1906		1	Species	Taxom
Spongiphoridae Verhoeff, 1902	Little Earwigs	1	Species	Taxom
Stenopelmatidae Burmeister, 1838	Bulldog Raspy Crickets	3	Species	Taxom
Taeniopterygidae Klapálek, 1905	Taeniopterygid winter stoneflies	1	Species	Taxom
Tarachodidae Handlirsch, 1930		10	Species	Taxom
Termitidae Latreille, 1802	Higher termites	15	Species	Taxom
Termopsidae Grassé, 1949	Damp wood termite	1	Species	Taxom
Tetrigidae Rambur, 1838	Groundhoppers	12	Species	Taxom
Tettigoniidae Krauss, 1902	Bush crickets	98	Species	Taxom
Thericleidae Burr, 1899		11	Species	Taxom
Thespidae Giglio-Tos, 1919		2	Species	Taxom
Triassoblattidae Durden, 1969		2	Species	Taxom
Tridactylidae Saussure, 1874	Pygmy mole cricket	2	Species	Taxom
Trigonidiidae (Saussure, 1870)	And Ground Crickets	2	Species	Taxom
Xenopteridae Riek, 1955		1	Species	Taxom

Subnodes of Polyneoptera with occurrences in Cape

Order	Blattodea Latreille, 1810 Cockroach, Cockroaches, Cockroaches and Termites, Cockroachs, Termites	14 52 158	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Dermaptera De Geer, 1773 Dermapterans, Earwig, Earwigs, Pincerbugs	6 6 9	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Embioptera Lameere, 1900 Foot spinners, Web spinners, Web-spinners, Webspinners	1 1 1	Family Genus Species	Taxom
Order	Mantodea Burmeister, 1838 Mantes, Mantids, Mantis, Mantises, Praying Mantids, Praying mantis, Praying Mantises, The mantes, The mantises	6 39 61	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Mantophasmatodea Arillo & Engel, 2006 African rock crawlers, gladiator, Gladiator-bugs, Gladiators, heel walkers, heel-walkers, Heelwalkers, Mantophasmatodeans, Mantos, Rockcrawlers	1 5 8	Family Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Orthoptera Latreille, 1793 Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas	28 277 589	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Phasmida Jacobson & Bianchi, 1902 Leaf and Stick Insects, leaf insects, Phasmids, stick insect, Stick Insects, walking sticks, Walkingsticks	5 16 28	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Plecoptera Burmeister, 1839 Stoneflies, Stoneflies Plecoptera, Stonefly	8 21 49	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Protorthoptera ♰ Handlirsch, 1906	0 1 1	Families Genus Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Polyneoptera at itis.gov