Checklist for Family Acrididae MacLeay, 1819 (Grasshoppers and locusts)
and region Natal (Kwazulu-Natal)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 395
3771
6641 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 393
3769
6639 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 376
3726
6590 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 41
170
264 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas | 15
68
74 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers | 7
49
53 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
| 7
49
53 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
| 3
39
43 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Acrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers | 33
36 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Natal
33 Genera with 36 Species #ABCEGHKMNOPST
| Abisares Stål, 1914 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Acanthacris Uvarov, 1787 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Acanthoxia Bolivar, 1841 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Acrida Linnaeus, 1758 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Acrotylus Fieber, 1873 | burrowing grasshoppers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Afroxyrrhepes Uvarov, 1838 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aiolopus Fieber, 1781 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Bryophyma Uvarov, 1923 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Conipoda Saussure, 1884 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyrtacanthacris Walker, 1813 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Eupropacris Walker, 1870 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gastrimargus Saussure, 1815 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Heteracris Walker, 1890 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Humbe Bolivar, 1853 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Kraussaria Uvarov, 1870 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mesopsis Bolivar, 1877 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Morphacris Walker, 1815 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nomadacris Uvarov, 1839 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oedaleus Fieber, 1870 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Oedipoda Latreille, 1848 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oraistes Karsch, 1896 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ornithacris Uvarov, 1870 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Orphulella Giglio-Tos, 1862 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Orthochtha Karsch, 1871 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oxycatantops Dirsh, 1929 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paracinema Fischer, 1815 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parga Walker, 1855 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Platypternodes Bolivar, 1876 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pycnodictya Stål, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stenocrobylus Gerstaecker, 1891 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tmetonota Saussure, 1873 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Trilophidia Stål, 1870 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Truxaloides Dirsh, 1853 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Natal
36 Species and 2 Subspecies | Abisares viridipennis Burmeister, 1838 | | | Abisares viridipennis hylaeus Rehn, J.A.G., 1914 | | | Acanthacris ruficornis Fabricius, 1787 | | | Acanthoxia gladiator Westwood, 1841 | | | Acrida acuminata Stål, 1873 | | | Acrida sulphuripennis Gerstaecker, 1869 | | | Acrida turrita Linnaeus, 1758 | Long-headed grasshopper | | Acrotylus flavescens Stål, 1873 | | | Afroxyrrhepes procera Burmeister, 1838 | | | Aiolopus thalassinus Fabricius, 1781 | Australian aiolopus | | Conipoda calcarata Saussure, 1884 | | | Cyrtacanthacris aeruginosa Stoll, 1813 | | | Cyrtacanthacris aeruginosa aeruginosa Stoll, 1813 | | | Eupropacris fumida (Walker, 1870) | ⇒ Eupropacris cylindricollis Schaum, 1853 | | Gastrimargus africanus Saussure, 1889 | | | Gastrimargus marmoratus Thunberg, 1815 | | | Heteracris guineensis Krauss, 1890 | | | Humbe tenuicornis Schaum, 1853 | | | Kraussaria prasina Walker, 1870 | | | Mesopsis laticornis Krauss, 1877 | | | Morphacris fasciata Thunberg, 1815 | | | Nomadacris septemfasciata Serville, 1839 | Red Locust | | Oedaleus nigrofasciatus De Geer, 1773 | | | Oedaleus plenus Walker, 1870 | | | Oedipoda homoptera (Eversmann, 1848) | ⇒ Euthystira brachyptera brachyptera Ocskay, 1826 | | Oraistes luridus Karsch, 1896 | | | Ornithacris turbida Walker, 1870 | | | Orphulella speciosa Scudder, 1862 | Pasture Grasshopper | | Orthochtha rosacea Walker, 1871 | | | Oxycatantops congoensis Sjöstedt, 1929 | | | Paracinema tricolor Thunberg, 1815 | Tricolor Grasshopper | | Parga xanthoptera (Stål, 1855) | ⇒ Parga musanae Sjöstedt, 1931 | | Platypternodes brevipes Stål, 1876 | | | Pycnodictya obscura Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Stenocrobylus festivus Karsch, 1891 | | | Tmetonota rugosa Stål, 1873 | | | Trilophidia conturbata Walker, 1870 | | | Truxaloides constrictus Schaum, 1853 | |
Subnodes of Acrididae with occurrences in Natal | Subfamily | Acridinae
MacLeay, 1821
Silent slant-faced grasshoppers, Slant-faced and Band-winged Grasshoppers | 4
6 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Catantopinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
Spur-throated grasshoppers, Spur-throated Grasshoppers and Locusts | 4
4 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Cyrtacanthacridinae
Kirby, 1902
Bird grasshoppers | 6
5 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Eyprepocnemidinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
| 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Gomphocerinae
Fieber, 1853
Grasshoppers, Slant-faced grasshoppers | 3
3 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Hemiacridinae
Dirsh, 1956
| 2
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Oedipodinae
Walker, 1871
Band-winged grasshoppers | 12
14 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Tropidopolinae
Jacobson, 1905
| 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
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