Checklist for Family Acrididae MacLeay, 1819 (Grasshoppers and locusts)
and region Gauteng (Republic South Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 332
2972
5515 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 331
2971
5514 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 314
2913
5427 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 28
103
118 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas | 14
63
69 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers | 7
43
47 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
| 7
43
47 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
| 3
32
33 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Acrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers | 25
24 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Gauteng
25 Genera with 24 Species #ACDFGLMNOPT
| Abisares Stål, 1914 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Acanthacris Uvarov, 1787 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Acrida Linnaeus, 1869 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Acridoderes Bolivar, 1911 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Acrotylus Fieber, 1853 | burrowing grasshoppers | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Aiolopus Fieber, 1910 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anaeolopus Uvarov, 1815 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aneuryphymus Uvarov, 1815 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cannula I. Bolivar, 1838 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyrtacanthacris Walker, 1813 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Duronia Stål, 1876 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Faureia Uvarov, 1896 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gastrimargus Saussure, 1873 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Leptacris Walker, 1870 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Locusta Linnaeus, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Morphacris Walker, 1815 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nomadacris Uvarov, 1839 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oxya Serville, 1831 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pachyphymus Uvarov, 1838 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paracinema Fischer, 1815 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Platypternodes Bolivar, 1876 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Plegmapterus Martínez y F..., 1898 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Trilophidia Stål, 1870 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Truxalis Fabricius, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Truxaloides Dirsh, 1815 | | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Gauteng
24 Species and 2 Subspecies | Abisares viridipennis hylaeus Rehn, J.A.G., 1914 | | | Acanthacris ruficornis Fabricius, 1787 | | | Acrida acuminata Stål, 1873 | | | Acrida sulphuripennis Gerstaecker, 1869 | | | Acridoderes laevigatus Bolivar, 1911 | | | Aiolopus meruensis Sjöstedt, 1910 | | | Anaeolopus dorsalis Thunberg, 1815 | | | Aneuryphymus erythropus Thunberg, 1815 | Red-footed Agile Grasshopper | | Cannula gracilis Burmeister, 1838 | Grass-mimicking Grasshopper | | Cyrtacanthacris aeruginosa Stoll, 1813 | | | Cyrtacanthacris aeruginosa aeruginosa Stoll, 1813 | | | Duronia chloronota Stål, 1876 | | | Faureia milanjica Karsch, 1896 | | | Gastrimargus wahlbergii Stål, 1873 | | | Locusta migratoria Linnaeus, 1758 | African migratory locust | | Morphacris fasciata Thunberg, 1815 | | | Nomadacris septemfasciata Serville, 1839 | Red Locust | | Oxya hyla Serville, 1831 | | | Pachyphymus cristulifer Serville, 1838 | Ridgebacked Agile Grasshopper | | Paracinema tricolor Thunberg, 1815 | Tricolor Grasshopper | | Platypternodes brevipes Stål, 1876 | | | Trilophidia conturbata Walker, 1870 | | | Truxalis nasuta (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Truxalis viridifasciata Krauss, 1902 | | Truxaloides braziliensis Drury, 1770 | | | Truxaloides serratus Thunberg, 1815 | |
Subnodes of Acrididae with occurrences in Gauteng | Subfamily | Acridinae
MacLeay, 1821
Silent slant-faced grasshoppers, Slant-faced and Band-winged Grasshoppers | 6
8 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Catantopinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
Spur-throated grasshoppers, Spur-throated Grasshoppers and Locusts | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Cyrtacanthacridinae
Kirby, 1902
Bird grasshoppers | 4
4 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Euryphyminae
Dirsh, 1956
| 3
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Gomphocerinae
Fieber, 1853
Grasshoppers, Slant-faced grasshoppers | 2
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Hemiacridinae
Dirsh, 1956
| 1
0 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Oedipodinae
Walker, 1871
Band-winged grasshoppers | 7
6 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Oxyinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
Moisture-loving Grasshoppers | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
|
 | | Acrididae (MacLeay 1819) |
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