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Checklist for Family Acrididae MacLeay, 1819 (Grasshoppers and locusts)
and region Indian Ocean (World Oceans)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
98
274
346
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
98
274
346
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
94
266
336
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
17
45
61
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
11
32
40
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
3
13
14
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
3
13
14
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
2
10
10
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAcrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers
9
9
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Indian Ocean
9 Genera with 9 Species
Conipoda Saussure, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtacanthacris Walker, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Eyprepocnemis Fieber, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Heteropternis Stål, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Nomadacris Uvarov, 18391SpeciesTaxom
Odontomelus Bolivar, 20141SpeciesTaxom
Oxya Serville, 18312SpeciesTaxom
Schistocerca Stål, 1775Bird grasshoppers1SpeciesTaxom
Urnisa Stål, 1870Eastern Urnisa1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Indian Ocean
9 Species and 2 Subspecies
Conipoda aldabrae Saussure, 1899
Cyrtacanthacris tatarica tatarica Linnaeus, 1758
Eyprepocnemis smaragdipes Bruner, 1910
Heteropternis pudica Serville, 1838
Nomadacris septemfasciata Serville, 1839Red Locust
Odontomelus ancestrus Hugel, 2014Round Island Grasshopper
Oxya hyla Serville, 1831
Oxya hyla hyla Serville, 1831Small rice grasshopper
Schistocerca gregaria Forskål, 1775Desert locust
Urnisa guttulosa Walker, 1870Common urnisa

Subnodes of Acrididae with occurrences in Indian Ocean
SubfamilyAcridinae
MacLeay, 1821
Silent slant-faced grasshoppers, Slant-faced and Band-winged Grasshoppers
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCatantopinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
Spur-throated grasshoppers, Spur-throated Grasshoppers and Locusts
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtacanthacridinae
Kirby, 1902
Bird grasshoppers
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEyprepocnemidinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOedipodinae
Walker, 1871
Band-winged grasshoppers
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOxyinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
Moisture-loving Grasshoppers
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