Checklist for Superorder Polyneoptera Martynov, 1923
and region South Asia (Asia)
List of families for South Asia
103 Families width 4824 Species and 281 Subspecies #ABCDEFGHIKLMNOPRSTZ
| Acrididae MacLeay, 1819 | Grasshoppers and locusts | 495 | Species | Taxom | | Amorphoscelidae Stål, 1877 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Anisolabididae Verhoeff, 1902 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Anostostomatidae Saussure, 1859 | Wetas & King Crickets | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Apachyidae Verhoeff, 1902 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Archimylacridae Handlirsch, 1906 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Aschiphasmatidae Brunner von ..., 1893 | | 22 | Species | Taxom | | Blaberidae Saussure, 1864 | Blaberids | 469 | Species | Taxom | | Blattellidae (Karny, 1908) | German Cockroach | 345 | Species | Taxom | | Blattidae Stephens, 1829 | American cockroaches | 151 | Species | Taxom | | Blattulidae Vishnyokova, 1982 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Capniidae Klapálek, 1905 | Capniid winter stoneflies | 72 | Species | Taxom | | Carcinophoridae Hincks, 1954 | | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Chelisochidae Burr, 1907 | Black earwig | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Chloroperlidae Okamoto, 1912 | Green stoneflies | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Chorotypidae Stål, 1873 | | 18 | Species | Taxom | | Chresmodidae Haase, 1890 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Corydiidae de Saussure, 1864 | Sand cockroaches | 110 | Species | Taxom | | Cryptocercidae Handlirsch, 1925 | Brown-hooded cockroaches | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Dericorythidae Jacobson & B..., 1902 | | 27 | Species | Taxom | | Diapheromeridae Rehn & Hebard, 1909 | Diapheromerid Stick Insects | 90 | Species | Taxom | | Diplatyidae (Verhoeff, 1902) | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Ectobiidae (Brunner von ..., 1865) | Wood cockroaches | 63 | Species | Taxom | | Embiidae Burmeister, 1839 | | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Empusidae Burmeister, 1838 | Violin mantises | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Eneopteridae (Saussure, 1893) | Bush cricket | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Ensiferoblattidae Li and Huang, 2023 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eremiaphilidae Wood-Mason, 1889 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Eumastacidae Burr, 1898 | Matchstick grasshoppers | 19 | Species | Taxom | | Forficulidae Stephens, 1829 | Common Earwig | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Fractaliidae Vrsansky and..., 2021 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gryllacrididae Blanchard, 1845 | Camel Crickets | 78 | Species | Taxom | | Gryllidae Bolivar, 1878 | Crickets | 237 | Species | Taxom | | Grylloblattidae E. M. Walker, 1914 | Grylloblattids | 15 | Species | Taxom | | Gryllotalpidae Saussure, 1870 | Mole cricket | 16 | Species | Taxom | | Heteronemiidae Rehn, J. A. G., 1904 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heteropterygidae Kirby, 1896 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hodotermitidae Desneux, 1904 | Harvester termites | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Hymenopodidae Giglio-Tos, 1919 | Flower mimic mantises | 49 | Species | Taxom | | Indotermitidae (Roonwal, 1958) | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Iridopterygidae Giglio-Tos, 1919 | | 19 | Species | Taxom | | Kalotermitidae Froggatt, 1897 | Dampwood termites | 66 | Species | Taxom | | Labiduridae Verhoeff, 1902 | Long-horned earwig | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Labiidae (Burr, 1909) | Little earwig | 15 | Species | Taxom | | Leuctridae Klapálek, 1905 | Needle Or Willow Stoneflies | 17 | Species | Taxom | | Liberiblattinidae Vrsansky, 2002 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Liturgusidae Giglio-Tos, 1919 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Lonchodidae | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Manipulatoridae Vrsansky & B..., 2015 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Mantidae Burmeister, 1838 | Mantids | 130 | Species | Taxom | | Mastacideidae Rehn, 1948 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Mesoblattinidae Handlirsch, 1906 | | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Metallyticidae Handlirsch, 1925 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mogoplistidae Saussure, 1877 | Scaly cricket | 24 | Species | Taxom | | Myrmecophilidae Saussure, 1874 | Ant cricket | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Nemouridae Newman, 1853 | Brown stoneflies | 118 | Species | Taxom | | Nocticolidae Bolivar, 1892 | Australian cockroaches | 48 | Species | Taxom | | Nocticolinae | | 22 | Species | Taxom | | Oecanthidae (Blanchard, 1845) | Tree cricket | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Olidae Vr?anský & W..., 2017 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Oligotomidae Enderlein, 1909 | | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Ommexechidae Bolivar, 1884 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pabuonqedidae Vrsansky et al., 2019 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Paedembiidae Ross, 2006 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pamphagidae Burmeister, 1840 | Toad grasshopper | 39 | Species | Taxom | | Peltoperlidae Claassen, 1931 | Roach stoneflies | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Perlidae (Latreille, 1802) | Common stoneflies | 115 | Species | Taxom | | Perlodidae Klapálek, 1912 | Perlodid stoneflies | 29 | Species | Taxom | | Phalangopsidae (Chopard, 1949) | Spider cricket | 26 | Species | Taxom | | Phasmatidae Roberts, 1944 | Walking sticks | 118 | Species | Taxom | | Phylliidae Redtenbacher, 1906 | Leaf insects | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Phyloblattidae Schneider, 1983 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Podoscirtidae Saussure, 1878 | | 59 | Species | Taxom | | Prisopodidae Brunner von ..., 1893 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Prophalangopsidae Saussure, 1878 | Grigs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Protogryllidae Zeuner, 1937 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudophasmatidae Kirby, 1896 | Striped Walkingsticks | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudophyllodromiidae Hebard, 1929 | | 279 | Species | Taxom | | Pteronarcyidae Enderlein, 1909 | Giant stoneflies | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pteroplistidae (Chopard, 1936) | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Pygidicranidae (Verhoeff, 1902) | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Pyrgomorphidae Brunner von ..., 1874 | Bushlocusts | 68 | Species | Taxom | | Raphidiomimidae Vishniakova, 1973 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhaphidophoridae Walker, 1869 | And Cave Weta | 17 | Species | Taxom | | Rhinotermitidae Froggatt, 1897 | Subterranean termites | 46 | Species | Taxom | | Romaleidae Brunner von ..., 1893 | Lubber grasshopper | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Scelembiidae Ross, 2001 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Spiralizoridae Kocarek, Ho..., 2020 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Spongiphoridae Verhoeff, 1902 | Little Earwigs | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Stenopelmatidae Burmeister, 1838 | Bulldog Raspy Crickets | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Taeniopterygidae Klapálek, 1905 | Taeniopterygid winter stoneflies | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Tarachodidae Handlirsch, 1930 | | 15 | Species | Taxom | | Termitidae Latreille, 1802 | Higher termites | 274 | Species | Taxom | | Termopsidae Grassé, 1949 | Damp wood termite | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Tetrigidae Rambur, 1838 | Groundhoppers | 244 | Species | Taxom | | Tettigoniidae Krauss, 1902 | Bush crickets | 335 | Species | Taxom | | Thespidae Giglio-Tos, 1919 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Toxoderidae Giglio-Tos, 1919 | | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Tridactylidae Saussure, 1874 | Pygmy mole cricket | 33 | Species | Taxom | | Trigonidiidae (Saussure, 1870) | And Ground Crickets | 65 | Species | Taxom | | Trigonopterygidae Walker, 1870 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tryonicidae McKittrick &..., 1965 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Zorotypidae Silvestri, 1913 | Angel insects | 19 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Polyneoptera with occurrences in South Asia | Order | Blattodea
Latreille, 1810
Cockroach, Cockroaches, Cockroaches and Termites, Cockroachs, Termites | 27
306
1929 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Order | Dermaptera
De Geer, 1773
Dermapterans, Earwig, Earwigs, Pincerbugs | 10
45
75 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Order | Embioptera
Lameere, 1900
Foot spinners, Web spinners, Web-spinners, Webspinners | 4
11
25 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Order | Grylloblattodea
Brues & Melander, 1915
Grylloblattids, Ice bugs, ice crawler, Ice crawlers, Ice Insects, Ice-crawlers, Rock crawlers | 1
3
15 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Order | Mantodea
Burmeister, 1838
Mantes, Mantids, Mantis, Mantises, Praying Mantids, Praying mantis, Praying Mantises, The mantes, The mantises | 11
101
258 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Order | Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas | 29
619
1856 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Order | Phasmida
Jacobson & Bianchi, 1902
Leaf and Stick Insects, leaf insects, Phasmids, stick insect, Stick Insects, walking sticks, Walkingsticks | 10
86
251 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Order | Plecoptera
Burmeister, 1839
Stoneflies, Stoneflies Plecoptera, Stonefly | 9
85
395 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Order | Zoraptera
Silvestri, 1913
Angel insects, Zorapterans | 2
3
20 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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