Checklist for Family Acrididae MacLeay, 1819 (Grasshoppers and locusts)
and region Namaqualand (Southern Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 148
717
1239 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 148
717
1239 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 145
712
1235 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 15
53
52 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas | 12
49
48 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers | 8
43
43 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
| 8
43
43 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
| 4
35
36 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Acrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers | 21
20 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Namaqualand
21 Genera with 20 Species #ACDELMOPSTV
| Acrotylus Fieber, 1838 | burrowing grasshoppers | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Anaeolopus Uvarov, 1815 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Calliptamicus Uvarov, 1922 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Dirshacris Brown, 1959 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Euloryma Spearman, 2013 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Euryphymus Stål, 1898 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Locustana Uvarov, 1870 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Lounsburyna Uvarov, 1922 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Morphacris Walker, 1815 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Oedaleus Fieber, 1853 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Pachyphymus Uvarov, 1838 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paragymnobothrus Karny, 1925 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paraxenotettix Dirsh, 1925 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Plegmapteroides Dirsh, 1959 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Plegmapterus Martínez y F..., 1898 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Schistocerca Stål, 1775 | Bird grasshoppers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Scintharista Saussure, 1873 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Sphingonotus Fieber, 1876 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sphodromerus Stål, 1929 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Truxaloides Dirsh, 1770 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Vitticatantops Sjöstedt, 1815 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Namaqualand
20 Species | Acrotylus angulatus Stål, 1876 | | | Acrotylus crassus Saussure, 1884 | | | Acrotylus patruelis Herrich-Scha..., 1838 | Slender Burrowing Grasshopper | | Anaeolopus dorsalis Thunberg, 1815 | | | Dirshacris aridus Brown, 1959 | | | Euryphymus tuberculatus Martínez y F..., 1898 | Common Agile Grasshopper | | Locustana pardalina Walker, 1870 | Brown locust | | Morphacris fasciata Thunberg, 1815 | | | Pachyphymus cristulifer Serville, 1838 | Ridgebacked Agile Grasshopper | | Paragymnobothrus rufipes Uvarov, 1925 | | | Paraxenotettix calcaratus Uvarov, 1925 | | | Plegmapteroides minutus Dirsh, 1959 | Short-legged Agile Grasshopper | | Plegmapterus sinuosus Martínez y F..., 1898 | Rugose Agile Grasshopper | | Schistocerca gregaria Forskål, 1775 | Desert locust | | Scintharista magnifica Uvarov, 1922 | | | Scintharista saucia Stål, 1873 | | | Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) scabriculus Stål, 1876 | | | Sphodromerus gilli Uvarov, 1929 | | | Truxaloides braziliensis Drury, 1770 | | | Vitticatantops humeralis Thunberg, 1815 | |
Subnodes of Acrididae with occurrences in Namaqualand | Subfamily | Acridinae
MacLeay, 1821
Silent slant-faced grasshoppers, Slant-faced and Band-winged Grasshoppers | 2
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Calliptaminae
Tinkham, 1940
| 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Catantopinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
Spur-throated grasshoppers, Spur-throated Grasshoppers and Locusts | 2
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Cyrtacanthacridinae
Kirby, 1902
Bird grasshoppers | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Euryphyminae
Dirsh, 1956
| 5
4 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Gomphocerinae
Fieber, 1853
Grasshoppers, Slant-faced grasshoppers | 2
1 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Hemiacridinae
Dirsh, 1956
| 2
1 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Oedipodinae
Walker, 1871
Band-winged grasshoppers | 6
8 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
 | | Acrididae (MacLeay 1819) |
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