Checklist for Family Acrididae MacLeay, 1819 (Grasshoppers and locusts)
and region Cape Peninsula (Western Cape)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 211
830
1111 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 211
830
1111 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 206
825
1106 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 21
49
53 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas | 14
40
43 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers | 7
28
30 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
| 7
28
30 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
| 3
21
22 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Acrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers | 17
18 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Cape Peninsula
17 Genera with 18 Species | Abisares Stål, 1914 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Acrida Linnaeus, 1758 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Calliptamicus Uvarov, 1838 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chondracris Uvarov, 1773 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Choroedocus Bolivar, 1815 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyrtacanthacris Walker, 1758 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Frontifissia Key, 1937 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gymnobothrus Bolivar, 1941 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Keya Uvarov, 1941 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Melanoplus Stål, 1963 | Spur-throat grasshoppers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Morphacris Walker, 1815 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Oedaleus Fieber, 1853 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Paragymnobothrus Karny, 1925 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pycnodictya Stål, 1758 | | 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
18 Species and 2 Subspecies | Abisares viridipennis hylaeus Rehn, J.A.G., 1914 | | | Acrida acuminata Stål, 1873 | | | Acrida turrita Linnaeus, 1758 | Long-headed grasshopper | | Calliptamicus semiroseus Serville, 1838 | Southern Agile Grasshopper | | Chondracris rosea De Geer, 1773 | | | Choroedocus capensis Thunberg, 1815 | | | Cyrtacanthacris aeruginosa Stoll, 1813 | | | Cyrtacanthacris aeruginosa aeruginosa Stoll, 1813 | | | Cyrtacanthacris tatarica Linnaeus, 1758 | Yellow-backed grasshopper | | Frontifissia elegans Key, 1937 | | | Gymnobothrus carinatus Uvarov, 1941 | | | Keya capicola Uvarov, 1941 | | | Melanoplus elater Strohecker, 1963 | | | Morphacris fasciata Thunberg, 1815 | | | Paragymnobothrus rufipes Uvarov, 1925 | | | Pycnodictya obscura Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Truxalis nasuta (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Truxalis viridifasciata Krauss, 1902 | | Truxaloides braziliensis Drury, 1770 | | | Tylotropidius didymus Thunberg, 1815 | |
Subnodes of Acrididae with occurrences in Cape Peninsula | Subfamily | Acridinae
MacLeay, 1821
Silent slant-faced grasshoppers, Slant-faced and Band-winged Grasshoppers | 5
6 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Catantopinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
Spur-throated grasshoppers, Spur-throated Grasshoppers and Locusts | 3
3 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Cyrtacanthacridinae
Kirby, 1902
Bird grasshoppers | 2
3 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Euryphyminae
Dirsh, 1956
| 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Eyprepocnemidinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
| 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Gomphocerinae
Fieber, 1853
Grasshoppers, Slant-faced grasshoppers | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Melanoplinae
Scudder, 1897
Spur-throated grasshoppers | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Oedipodinae
Walker, 1871
Band-winged grasshoppers | 3
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
 | | Acrididae (MacLeay 1819) |
Links, sources and further information Acrididae at artfakta.se
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