Checklist for Family Acrididae MacLeay, 1819 (Grasshoppers and locusts)
and region Cape Town (Western Cape)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 283
1672
2201 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 283
1672
2201 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 275
1655
2186 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 28
59
71 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas | 16
42
55 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers | 7
25
31 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
| 6
24
30 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
| 3
19
20 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Acrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers | 15
15 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Cape Town
15 Genera with 15 Species | Acrida Linnaeus, 1758 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Acrotylus Fieber, 1873 | burrowing grasshoppers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aiolopus Fieber, 1781 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anaeolopus Uvarov, 1815 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Calliptamicus Uvarov, 1922 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Cyrtacanthacris Walker, 1813 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euryphymus Stål, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eyprepocnemis Fieber, 1838 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Keya Uvarov, 1941 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oedaleus Fieber, 1773 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhachitopis Uvarov, 1922 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Schistocerca Stål, 1775 | Bird grasshoppers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Scintharista Saussure, 1873 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Thisoicetrinus Uvarov, 1833 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Tmetonota Saussure, 1884 | | 0 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Cape Town
15 Species | Acrida acuminata Stål, 1873 | | | Acrida gigantea Herbst, 1786 | | | Acrida turrita Linnaeus, 1758 | Long-headed grasshopper | | Acrotylus apricarius Stål, 1873 | | | Aiolopus thalassinus Fabricius, 1781 | Australian aiolopus | | Anaeolopus dorsalis Thunberg, 1815 | | | Cyrtacanthacris aeruginosa Stoll, 1813 | | | Euryphymus haematopus Linnaeus, 1758 | Red-legged Agile Grasshopper | | Eyprepocnemis calceata Serville, 1838 | | | Keya capicola Uvarov, 1941 | | | Oedaleus nigrofasciatus De Geer, 1773 | | | Rhachitopis nigripes Uvarov, 1922 | Dark-legged Agile Grasshopper | | Schistocerca gregaria Forskål, 1775 | Desert locust | | Scintharista saucia Stål, 1873 | | | Thisoicetrinus pterostichus (Fischer von ..., 1833) | ⇒ Heteracris pterosticha Fischer von ..., 1833 |
Subnodes of Acrididae with occurrences in Cape Town
 | | Acrididae (MacLeay 1819) |
Links, sources and further information Acrididae at artfakta.se
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