Checklist for Family Acrididae MacLeay, 1819 (Grasshoppers and locusts)
and region Eritrea (East Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 187
1282
2411 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 185
1277
2407 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 181
1273
2402 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 16
36
44 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas | 6
17
20 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers | 4
14
17 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
| 4
14
17 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
| 3
11
13 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Acrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers | 9
11 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Eritrea
9 Genera with 11 Species
Species list for Eritrea
11 Species and 5 Subspecies | Acanthacris ruficornis Fabricius, 1787 | | | Acanthacris ruficornis ruficornis Fabricius, 1787 | Garden Locust | | Anacridium melanorhodon Walker, 1870 | Sahelian tree locust | | Anacridium melanorhodon melanorhodon Walker, 1870 | | | Cyrtacanthacris tatarica abyssinica Uvarov, 1941 | | | Cyrtacanthacris tatarica tatarica Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Heteracris caloptenoides Bolivar, 1914 | | | Heteracris coerulescens Stål, 1876 | | | Heteracris nefasitensis Grunshaw, 1991 | | | Meruana liriomyzae Boucek, 1988 | | | Metaxymecus gracilipes Brancsik, 1895 | | | Phlaeoba horvathi Kuthy, 1911 | | | Schistocerca gregaria Forskål, 1775 | Desert locust | | Schistocerca gregaria gregaria Forskål, 1775 | Desert Locust | | Truxalis burtti Dirsh, 1950 | |
Subnodes of Acrididae with occurrences in Eritrea
 | | 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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