Checklist for Family Acrididae MacLeay, 1819 (Grasshoppers and locusts)
and region Cape of Good Hope (Cape Peninsula)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 153
532
761 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 153
532
761 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 150
529
758 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 10
19
22 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas | 5
14
16 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers | 4
12
13 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
| 4
12
13 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
| 2
9
10 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Acrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers | 7
8 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Cape of Good Hope
7 Genera with 8 Species
Species list for Cape of Good Hope
8 Species and 2 Subspecies | Abisares viridipennis hylaeus Rehn, J.A.G., 1914 | | | Chondracris rosea De Geer, 1773 | | | Choroedocus capensis Thunberg, 1815 | | | Cyrtacanthacris aeruginosa aeruginosa Stoll, 1813 | | | Cyrtacanthacris tatarica Linnaeus, 1758 | Yellow-backed grasshopper | | Melanoplus elater Strohecker, 1963 | | | Truxalis nasuta (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Truxalis viridifasciata Krauss, 1902 | | Tylotropidius didymus Thunberg, 1815 | |
Subnodes of Acrididae with occurrences in Cape of Good Hope
 | | Acrididae (MacLeay 1819) |
Links, sources and further information Acrididae at artfakta.se
Acrididae at dyntaxa.se
Acrididae at gbif.org
Acrididae at itis.gov
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