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Checklist for Family Acrididae MacLeay, 1819 (Grasshoppers and locusts)
and region Comoro Islands (Indian Ocean islands)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
257
1635
3299
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
256
1633
3296
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
244
1595
3225
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
37
117
164
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
16
61
85
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
5
23
32
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
5
23
32
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
1
18
22
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAcrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers
18
22
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Comoro Islands
18 Genera with 22 Species
Aeropedellus Hebard, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Afroxyrrhepes Uvarov, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Arphia Stål, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Bohemanella DeLong & Fre..., 19211SpeciesTaxom
Bruneria McNeill, 19691SpeciesTaxom
Camnula Stål, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Diabolocatantops Jago, 18382SpeciesTaxom
Gastrimargus Saussure, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Jasomenia Bolivar, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Mayottea Rehn, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Melanoplus Stål, 1798Spur-throat grasshoppers5SpeciesTaxom
Oxya Serville, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Pamphagella Bruner, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Parepistaurus Karsch, 19691SpeciesTaxom
Pseudochorthippus Defaut, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Stethophyma Fischer, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Trimerotropis Stål, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Xanthippus Saussure, 19671SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Comoro Islands
22 Species and 1 Subspecies
Aeropedellus arcticus Hebard, 1935
Afroxyrrhepes procera Burmeister, 1838
Arphia conspersa Scudder, 1875Speckle-winged Rangeland Grasshopper
Bohemanella frigida (Fruhstorfer, 1921)⇒ Melanoplus frigidus Boheman, 1846
Bruneria yukonensis (Vickery, 1969)⇒ Brunneria yukonensis Vickery, 1969
Camnula pellucida Scudder, 1862Clear-winged Grasshopper
Diabolocatantops axillaris Thunberg, 1815
Diabolocatantops axillaris saucius Burmeister, 1838
Gastrimargus wahlbergii Stål, 1873
Jasomenia sansibara Karsch, 1896
Mayottea insolens Rehn, 1959
Melanoplus borealis Fieber, 1853Northern grasshopper
Melanoplus bruneri (Scudder, 1897)⇒ Aeoloplides turnbulli bruneri Caudell, 1907
Melanoplus fasciatus Walker, 1870Huckleberry Grasshopper
Melanoplus kennicottii Scudder, 1878Kennicott's Grasshopper
Melanoplus sanguinipes Fabricius, 1798Migratory grasshopper
Oxya dorsigera Burmeister, 1838
Pamphagella comoroensis Bruner, 1910
Parepistaurus comoroensis Descamps & W..., 1969
Pseudochorthippus curtipennis Harris, 1835Marsh Meadow Grasshopper
Stethophyma lineatum Scudder, 1862Saltpan fiddler
Trimerotropis pallidipennis Burmeister, 1838Pallid-winged grasshopper
Xanthippus brooksi Vickery, 1967Brook's Pink-shanked Grasshopper

Subnodes of Acrididae with occurrences in Comoro Islands
SubfamilyCatantopinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
Spur-throated grasshoppers, Spur-throated Grasshoppers and Locusts
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCoptacridinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGomphocerinae
Fieber, 1853
Grasshoppers, Slant-faced grasshoppers
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMelanoplinae
Scudder, 1897
Spur-throated grasshoppers
1
5
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOedipodinae
Walker, 1871
Band-winged grasshoppers
7
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOxyinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
Moisture-loving Grasshoppers
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTropidopolinae
Jacobson, 1905
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