AntsAntsArachnidsArachnids
BeesBeesBeetlesBeetles
BookliceBookliceBugsBugs
BumblebeesBumblebeesButterfliesButterflies
CicadasCicadasCrane fliesCrane flies
DragonfliesDragonfliesEarwigsEarwigs
FliesFliesIsopodsIsopods
LocustsLocustsMantisesMantises
MayfliesMayfliesMosquitoesMosquitoes
MyriapodsMyriapodsNet-wingedNet-winged
Plant-parasiticPlant-parasiticScorpion fliesScorpion flies
TermitesTermitesWaspsWasps
INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT
Home Arthropoda Imprint Contact
TAXFAMGENSPESUB
Checklist for Family Acrididae MacLeay, 1819 (Grasshoppers and locusts)
and region Msunduzi (Kwazulu-Natal)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
228
932
1194
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
228
932
1194
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
214
901
1162
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
13
29
26
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
7
19
16
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
3
12
10
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
3
12
10
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
2
11
9
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAcrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers
10
9
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Msunduzi
10 Genera with 9 Species
Abisares Stål, 19142SpeciesTaxom
Acrida Linnaeus, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Aiolopus Fieber, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Anthermus Stål, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtacanthacris Walker, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Oedaleus Fieber, 1853
0SpeciesTaxom
Omocestus Bolivar, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Paracinema Fischer, 18151SpeciesTaxom
Parga Walker, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Phaeocatantops Dirsh, 18701SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Msunduzi
9 Species and 1 Subspecies
Abisares viridipennis Burmeister, 1838
Abisares viridipennis hylaeus Rehn, J.A.G., 1914
Acrida acuminata Stål, 1873
Aiolopus thalassinus Fabricius, 1781Australian aiolopus
Anthermus granosus Stål, 1878
Cyrtacanthacris tatarica Linnaeus, 1758Yellow-backed grasshopper
Omocestus (Omocestus) viridulus Sahlberg, 1893Common green grasshopper
Paracinema tricolor Thunberg, 1815Tricolor Grasshopper
Parga xanthoptera (Stål, 1855)⇒ Parga musanae Sjöstedt, 1931
Phaeocatantops sulphureus Walker, 1870

Subnodes of Acrididae with occurrences in Msunduzi
SubfamilyAcridinae
MacLeay, 1821
Silent slant-faced grasshoppers, Slant-faced and Band-winged Grasshoppers
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCatantopinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
Spur-throated grasshoppers, Spur-throated Grasshoppers and Locusts
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtacanthacridinae
Kirby, 1902
Bird grasshoppers
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGomphocerinae
Fieber, 1853
Grasshoppers, Slant-faced grasshoppers
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOedipodinae
Walker, 1871
Band-winged grasshoppers
3
2
Genera
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