Checklist for Superorder Polyneoptera Martynov, 1923
and region Western Cape (Cape)
List of families for Western Cape
51 Families width 367 Species and 5 Subspecies #ABCDEFGHKLMOPRST
| Acrididae MacLeay, 1819 | Grasshoppers and locusts | 100 | Species | Taxom | | Anostostomatidae Saussure, 1859 | Wetas & King Crickets | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Bacillidae Brunner von ..., 1893 | Bacillid Stick Insects | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Blaberidae Saussure, 1864 | Blaberids | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Blattellidae (Karny, 1908) | German Cockroach | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Blattidae Stephens, 1829 | American cockroaches | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Capniidae Klapálek, 1905 | Capniid winter stoneflies | 28 | Species | Taxom | | Carcinophoridae Hincks, 1954 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Diapheromeridae Rehn & Hebard, 1909 | Diapheromerid Stick Insects | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Empusidae Burmeister, 1838 | Violin mantises | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eneopteridae (Saussure, 1893) | Bush cricket | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Episactidae Burr, 1899 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Forficulidae Stephens, 1829 | Common Earwig | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Gryllacrididae Blanchard, 1845 | Camel Crickets | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Gryllidae Bolivar, 1878 | Crickets | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Gryllotalpidae Saussure, 1870 | Mole cricket | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Hodotermitidae Desneux, 1904 | Harvester termites | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Hymenopodidae Giglio-Tos, 1919 | Flower mimic mantises | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Kalotermitidae Froggatt, 1897 | Dampwood termites | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Labiidae (Burr, 1909) | Little earwig | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lentulidae Dirsh, 1956 | Lentulid Grasshoppers | 19 | Species | Taxom | | Leuctridae Klapálek, 1905 | Needle Or Willow Stoneflies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lithidiidae Dirsh, 1961 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mantidae Burmeister, 1838 | Mantids | 14 | Species | Taxom | | Mantophasmatidae Zompro, Kla..., 2002 | Gladiators | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Oecanthidae (Blanchard, 1845) | Tree cricket | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Oedischiidae Handlirsch, 1906 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pamphagidae Burmeister, 1840 | Toad grasshopper | 26 | Species | Taxom | | Perlidae (Latreille, 1802) | Common stoneflies | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Phalangopsidae (Chopard, 1949) | Spider cricket | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phasmatidae Roberts, 1944 | Walking sticks | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Pneumoridae Stål, 1873 | Bladder grasshopper | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Podoscirtidae Saussure, 1878 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Prisopodidae Brunner von ..., 1893 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudophasmatidae Kirby, 1896 | Striped Walkingsticks | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudophyllodromiidae Hebard, 1929 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Pteronarcyidae Enderlein, 1909 | Giant stoneflies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pyrgomorphidae Brunner von ..., 1874 | Bushlocusts | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Rhaphidophoridae Walker, 1869 | And Cave Weta | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Schizodactylidae Karny, 1927 | Dune crickets | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Spongiphoridae Verhoeff, 1902 | Little Earwigs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stenopelmatidae Burmeister, 1838 | Bulldog Raspy Crickets | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Tarachodidae Handlirsch, 1930 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Termitidae Latreille, 1802 | Higher termites | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Termopsidae Grassé, 1949 | Damp wood termite | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tetrigidae Rambur, 1838 | Groundhoppers | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Tettigoniidae Krauss, 1902 | Bush crickets | 44 | Species | Taxom | | Thericleidae Burr, 1899 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Thespidae Giglio-Tos, 1919 | | 1 | 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 Western Cape | Order | Blattodea
Latreille, 1810
Cockroach, Cockroaches, Cockroaches and Termites, Cockroachs, Termites | 8
25
33 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Order | Dermaptera
De Geer, 1773
Dermapterans, Earwig, Earwigs, Pincerbugs | 4
4
7 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Order | Mantodea
Burmeister, 1838
Mantes, Mantids, Mantis, Mantises, Praying Mantids, Praying mantis, Praying Mantises, The mantes, The mantises | 5
17
23 | 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
4
6 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Order | Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas | 24
164
254 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Order | Phasmida
Jacobson & Bianchi, 1902
Leaf and Stick Insects, leaf insects, Phasmids, stick insect, Stick Insects, walking sticks, Walkingsticks | 5
12
14 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Order | Plecoptera
Burmeister, 1839
Stoneflies, Stoneflies Plecoptera, Stonefly | 4
8
30 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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