Checklist for Superorder Polyneoptera Martynov, 1923
and region Nigeria (West Africa)
List of families for Nigeria
39 Families width 531 Species and 79 Subspecies #ABCDEGHKLMPRST
| Acrididae MacLeay, 1819 | Grasshoppers and locusts | 223 | Species | Taxom | | Amorphoscelidae Stål, 1877 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Blaberidae Saussure, 1864 | Blaberids | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Blattellidae (Karny, 1908) | German Cockroach | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Blattidae Stephens, 1829 | American cockroaches | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Chelisochidae Burr, 1907 | Black earwig | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chorotypidae Stål, 1873 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Corydiidae de Saussure, 1864 | Sand cockroaches | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Diapheromeridae Rehn & Hebard, 1909 | Diapheromerid Stick Insects | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Ectobiidae (Brunner von ..., 1865) | Wood cockroaches | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Empusidae Burmeister, 1838 | Violin mantises | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eneopteridae (Saussure, 1893) | Bush cricket | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Episactidae Burr, 1899 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euschmidtiidae Rehn, 1948 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gryllidae Bolivar, 1878 | Crickets | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Gryllotalpidae Saussure, 1870 | Mole cricket | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hemimeridae Sharp, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hymenopodidae Giglio-Tos, 1919 | Flower mimic mantises | 14 | Species | Taxom | | Kalotermitidae Froggatt, 1897 | Dampwood termites | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Labiduridae Verhoeff, 1902 | Long-horned earwig | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Liturgusidae Giglio-Tos, 1919 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Mantidae Burmeister, 1838 | Mantids | 23 | Species | Taxom | | Paragryllidae (Desutter-Gra..., 1987) | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Perlidae (Latreille, 1802) | Common stoneflies | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Phalangopsidae (Chopard, 1949) | Spider cricket | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phasmatidae Roberts, 1944 | Walking sticks | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Podoscirtidae Saussure, 1878 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudophyllodromiidae Hebard, 1929 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pyrgomorphidae Brunner von ..., 1874 | Bushlocusts | 24 | Species | Taxom | | Rhinotermitidae Froggatt, 1897 | Subterranean termites | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Sibyllidae Stål, 1872 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tarachodidae Handlirsch, 1930 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Termitidae Latreille, 1802 | Higher termites | 130 | Species | Taxom | | Tetrigidae Rambur, 1838 | Groundhoppers | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Tettigoniidae Krauss, 1902 | Bush crickets | 21 | Species | Taxom | | Thericleidae Burr, 1899 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Thespidae Giglio-Tos, 1919 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Tridactylidae Saussure, 1874 | Pygmy mole cricket | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Trigonidiidae (Saussure, 1870) | And Ground Crickets | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Polyneoptera with occurrences in Nigeria | Order | Blattodea
Latreille, 1810
Cockroach, Cockroaches, Cockroaches and Termites, Cockroachs, Termites | 9
87
174 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Order | Dermaptera
De Geer, 1773
Dermapterans, Earwig, Earwigs, Pincerbugs | 3
3
4 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Order | Mantodea
Burmeister, 1838
Mantes, Mantids, Mantis, Mantises, Praying Mantids, Praying mantis, Praying Mantises, The mantes, The mantises | 8
34
55 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Order | Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas | 16
175
292 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Order | Phasmida
Jacobson & Bianchi, 1902
Leaf and Stick Insects, leaf insects, Phasmids, stick insect, Stick Insects, walking sticks, Walkingsticks | 2
4
6 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Order | Plecoptera
Burmeister, 1839
Stoneflies, Stoneflies Plecoptera, Stonefly | 1
1
0 | Family
Genus
Species |
Taxom
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