Checklist for Family Acrididae MacLeay, 1819 (Grasshoppers and locusts)
and region North Tanzania (Tanganyika, Tanzania)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 168
687
904 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 168
687
904 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 156
653
856 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 32
116
127 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas | 7
40
49 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers | 3
21
22 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
| 2
20
21 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
| 1
17
18 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Acrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers | 17
18 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for North Tanzania
17 Genera with 18 Species | Acanthacris Uvarov, 1787 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Acrida Linnaeus, 1869 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Afrophlaeoba Jago, 1929 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Afroxyrrhepes Uvarov, 1838 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aiolopus Fieber, 1910 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anischnansis Dirsh, 1941 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aresceutica Karsch, 1896 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Catantops Schaum, 1931 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyrtacanthacris Walker, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gastrimargus Saussure, 1889 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heteracris Walker, 1910 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ixalidium Gerstaecker, 1950 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Morphacris Walker, 1815 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oraistes Karsch, 1896 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Orthochtha Karsch, 1869 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parepistaurus Karsch, 1998 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phaeocatantops Dirsh, 1869 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for North Tanzania
18 Species and 1 Subspecies | Acanthacris ruficornis Fabricius, 1787 | | | Acrida bara Steinmann, 1963 | Usambara Slant-faced Grasshopper | | Acrida sulphuripennis Gerstaecker, 1869 | | | Afrophlaeoba usambarica Ramme, 1929 | Usambara Forest Edge Grasshopper | | Afroxyrrhepes procera Burmeister, 1838 | | | Aiolopus longicornis Sjöstedt, 1910 | | | Anischnansis burtti Uvarov, 1941 | Usambara Splendid Grasshopper | | Aresceutica subnuda Karsch, 1896 | Usambara Dusky Grasshopper | | Catantops momboensis Sjöstedt, 1931 | | | Cyrtacanthacris tatarica tatarica Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Gastrimargus africanus Saussure, 1889 | | | Heteracris coerulipes Sjöstedt, 1910 | Eastern Arc Forest Grasshopper | | Ixalidium sjostedti Kevan, 1950 | Kilimanjaro Drumming Grasshopper | | Morphacris fasciata Thunberg, 1815 | | | Oraistes luridus Karsch, 1896 | | | Orthochtha dasycnemis Gerstaecker, 1869 | | | Parepistaurus jagoi Green, 1998 | West Usambara Wigwag Grasshopper | | Phaeocatantops decoratus Gerstaecker, 1869 | |
Subnodes of Acrididae with occurrences in North Tanzania | Subfamily | Acridinae
MacLeay, 1821
Silent slant-faced grasshoppers, Slant-faced and Band-winged Grasshoppers | 3
4 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Catantopinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
Spur-throated grasshoppers, Spur-throated Grasshoppers and Locusts | 5
5 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Coptacridinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
| 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Cyrtacanthacridinae
Kirby, 1902
Bird grasshoppers | 2
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Eyprepocnemidinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
| 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Gomphocerinae
Fieber, 1853
Grasshoppers, Slant-faced grasshoppers | 0
0 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Hemiacridinae
Dirsh, 1956
| 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Oedipodinae
Walker, 1871
Band-winged grasshoppers | 3
3 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Oxyinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
Moisture-loving Grasshoppers | 0
0 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Tropidopolinae
Jacobson, 1905
| 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
|
 | | Acrididae (MacLeay 1819) |
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