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Checklist for Family Acrididae MacLeay, 1819 (Grasshoppers and locusts)
and region Burkina Faso (West Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
164
1007
2041
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
164
1007
2041
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
156
988
1997
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
21
58
83
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
4
13
16
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
2
10
12
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
2
10
12
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
1
8
10
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAcrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers
8
10
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Burkina Faso
8 Genera with 10 Species
Abisares Stål, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Aiolopus Fieber, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Cannula I. Bolivar, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Mesopsis Bolivar, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Parepistaurus Karsch, 19981SpeciesTaxom
Parga Walker, 19263SpeciesTaxom
Schistocerca Stål, 1899Bird grasshoppers2SpeciesTaxom
Truxalis Fabricius, 1775
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Burkina Faso
10 Species and 1 Subspecies
Abisares viridipennis hylaeus Rehn, J.A.G., 1914
Aiolopus longicornis Sjöstedt, 1910
Cannula gracilis Burmeister, 1838Grass-mimicking Grasshopper
Mesopsis laticornis Krauss, 1877
Parepistaurus tenuicercus Green, 1998
Parga aurata Sjöstedt, 1932
Parga aurea Sjöstedt, 1932
Parga cyanoptera Uvarov, 1926
Schistocerca alutacea Harris, 1841Green bird grasshopper
Schistocerca lineata (Scudder, 1899)⇒ Schistocerca alutacea Harris, 1841

Subnodes of Acrididae with occurrences in Burkina Faso
SubfamilyAcridinae
MacLeay, 1821
Silent slant-faced grasshoppers, Slant-faced and Band-winged Grasshoppers
3
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCatantopinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
Spur-throated grasshoppers, Spur-throated Grasshoppers and Locusts
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCoptacridinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtacanthacridinae
Kirby, 1902
Bird grasshoppers
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGomphocerinae
Fieber, 1853
Grasshoppers, Slant-faced grasshoppers
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOedipodinae
Walker, 1871
Band-winged grasshoppers
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



Acrididae (MacLeay 1819)
Acrididae (MacLeay 1819)


Links, sources and further information
Acrididae at artfakta.se
Acrididae at dyntaxa.se
Acrididae at gbif.org
Acrididae at itis.gov