Checklist of Superorder Polyneoptera Martynov, 1923
for Cape Peninsula (Western Cape)
List of families for Cape Peninsula
21 Families width 52 Species and 2 Subspecies
| Acrididae MacLeay, 1819 | Grasshoppers and locusts | 18 | Species | Taxom | | Tettigoniidae Krauss, 1902 | Bush crickets | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Mantidae (Burmeister, 1838) | Mantids | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Lentulidae Dirsh, 1956 | Lentulid Grasshoppers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pneumoridae Stål, 1873 | Bladder grasshopper | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Gryllidae Bolivar, 1878 | Crickets | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Blattidae Stephens, 1829 | American cockroaches | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pyrgomorphidae Brunner von ..., 1874 | Bushlocusts | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Forficulidae Stephens, 1829 | Common Earwig | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Gryllacrididae Blanchard, 1845 | Camel Crickets | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gryllotalpidae Saussure, 1870 | Mole cricket | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anostostomatidae Saussure, 1859 | Wetas & King Crickets | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pamphagidae Burmeister, 1840 | Toad grasshopper | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Bacillidae Brunner von ..., 1893 | Bacillid Stick Insects | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Tetrigidae Rambur, 1838 | Groundhoppers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phasmatidae Roberts, 1944 | Walking sticks | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stenopelmatidae Burmeister, 1838 | Bulldog Raspy Crickets | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhaphidophoridae Walker, 1869 | And Cave Weta | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Labiidae Burr, 1909 | Little earwig | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Blattellidae Karny, 1908 | German Cockroach | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Thericleidae Burr, 1899 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Genera for Cape Peninsula
48 Genera with 52 Species
| Abisares Stål, 1914 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Acrida Linnaeus, 1758 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Arytropteris Herman, 1869 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Asiadodis Roy, 1869 | Hood Mantis | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Betiscoides Sjöstedt, 1923 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Bullacris Roberts, 1758 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Calliptamicus Uvarov, 1838 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chondracris Uvarov, 1773 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Choroedocus Bolivar, 1815 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Clonia Stål, 1789 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cophogryllus Saussure, 1877 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyrtacanthacris Walker, 1758 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Deropeltis Burmeister, 1781 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Dictyophorus Thunberg, 1787 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Forficula Linnaeus, 0 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Frontifissia Key, 1937 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Glomeremus Karny, 1929 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gryllotalpa Latreille, 1758 | Seven-spurred mole crickets | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gymnobothrus Bolivar, 1941 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Henicus Gray, 1803 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Hetrodes Fischer von ..., 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Keya Uvarov, 1941 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lamarckiana Kirby, 1813 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Macynia Stål, 1784 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Mantis Linnaeus, 1815 | Mantes | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Melanoplus Stål, 1963 | Spur-throat grasshoppers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Morphacris Walker, 1815 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oedaleus Fieber, 1853 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pamphagus Thunberg, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paragymnobothrus Karny, 1925 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paratettix I. Bolivar, 1815 | Creek Pygmy Grasshoppers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phalces Stål, 1838 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phymateus Thunberg, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Physemacris Roberts, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Plangia Stål, 1838 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Porthetis Serville, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Prisomera Gray, 1842 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pycnodictya Stål, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sia Giebel, 1869 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Spelaeiacris Péringuey, 1916 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Spongovostox Burr, 1827 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Temnopteryx Brunner von ..., 1864 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tettigonia Linnaeus, 1781 | katydid | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Thericlesiella Descamps, 1923 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Thoracistus Pictet, 1869 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Truxalis Fabricius, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Truxaloides Dirsh, 1770 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tylotropidius Stål, 1815 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Cape Peninsula
52 Species and 2 Subspecies | Abisares viridipennis hylaeus Rehn, J.A.G., 1914 | | | Acrida acuminata Stål, 1873 | | | Acrida turrita Linnaeus, 1758 | Long-headed grasshopper | | Arytropteris basalis Walker, 1869 | Flat-necked shieldback | | Asiadodis squilla Saussure, 1869 | Asian Shield Mantis | | Betiscoides meridionalis Sjöstedt, 1923 | Slender Restio Grasshopper | | Bullacris discolor Thunberg, 1810 | Bladder grasshopper | | Bullacris unicolor Linnaeus, 1758 | Bladder grasshopper | | Calliptamicus semiroseus Serville, 1838 | Southern Agile Grasshopper | | Chondracris rosea De Geer, 1773 | | | Choroedocus capensis Thunberg, 1815 | | | Clonia (Leptoclonia) vittata Thunberg, 1789 | Common Wavy Clonia | | Cyrtacanthacris aeruginosa Stoll, 1813 | | | Cyrtacanthacris aeruginosa aeruginosa Stoll, 1813 | | | Cyrtacanthacris tatarica Linnaeus, 1758 | Yellow-backed grasshopper | | Deropeltis erythrocephala Fabricius, 1781 | | | Dictyophorus (Dictyophorus) spumans Thunberg, 1787 | Koppie foam grasshopper | | Forficula capensis Thunberger, 1827 | | | Forficula fasciata | | | Frontifissia elegans Key, 1937 | | | Glomeremus sphingoides Karny, 1929 | | | Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa Linnaeus, 1758 | European mole cricket | | Gymnobothrus carinatus Uvarov, 1941 | | | Henicus brevimucronatus Griffini, 1911 | | | Henicus monstrosus Herbst, 1803 | | | Hetrodes pupus Linnaeus, 1758 | Koringkriek | | Keya capicola Uvarov, 1941 | | | Lamarckiana cucullata Stoll, 1813 | | | Macynia labiata Thunberg, 1784 | Thunberg's Stick Insect | | Mantis sacra (Thunberg, 1815) | ⇒ Paramantis sacra Thunberg, 1815 | | Melanoplus elater Strohecker, 1963 | | | Morphacris fasciata Thunberg, 1815 | | | Pamphagus elephas Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Paragymnobothrus rufipes Uvarov, 1925 | | | Paratettix scaber Thunberg, 1815 | | | Phalces brevis Burmeister, 1838 | Cape Stick Insect | | Phymateus (Phymateus) morbillosus Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Physemacris variolosa Linnaeus, 1758 | Silver spotted bladder grasshopper | | Plangia graminea Serville, 1838 | Krompokkel | | Porthetis carinata Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Prisomera canna Haan, 1842 | | | Pycnodictya obscura Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Sia (Maxentius) pallidus Walker, 1869 | | | Spelaeiacris tabulae Péringuey, 1916 | | | Spongovostox marginalis Thunberger, 1827 | | | Temnopteryx phalerata Saussure, 1864 | | | Tettigonia catena (Fabricius, 1775) | ⇒ Quintilia catena Fabricius, 1775 | | Tettigonia villosa (Fabricius, 1781) | ⇒ Paranistria villosa Fabricius, 1781 | | Thericlesiella meridionalis Sjöstedt, 1923 | | | Thoracistus viridifer Walker, 1869 | Two-colored Seedpod Shieldback | | Truxalis nasuta (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Truxalis viridifasciata Krauss, 1902 | | Truxaloides braziliensis Drury, 1770 | | | Tylotropidius didymus Thunberg, 1815 | |
Subnodes of Polyneoptera with occurrences in Cape Peninsula | Order | Blattodea
Latreille, 1810
Cockroach, Cockroaches, Cockroaches and Termites, Cockroachs, Termites | 2
2
2 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Order | Dermaptera
De Geer, 1773
Dermapterans, Earwig, Earwigs, Pincerbugs | 2
2
3 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Order | Mantodea
Burmeister, 1838
Mantes, Mantids, Mantis, Mantises, Praying Mantids, Praying mantis, Praying Mantises, The mantes, The mantises | 1
2
2 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Order | Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas | 14
39
42 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Order | Phasmida
Jacobson & Bianchi, 1902
Leaf and Stick Insects, leaf insects, Phasmids, stick insect, Stick Insects, walking sticks, Walkingsticks | 2
3
3 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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