Checklist for Family Acrididae MacLeay, 1819 (Grasshoppers and locusts)
and region Northern Cape (Cape)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 317
2422
5011 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 316
2415
4984 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 301
2376
4934 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 34
140
171 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas | 20
106
133 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers | 12
80
106 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
| 11
79
105 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
| 5
64
89 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Acrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers | 37
45 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Northern Cape
37 Genera with 45 Species #ABCDEHKLMNOPRSTV
| Abisares Stål, 1914 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Acrida Linnaeus, 1758 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Acrotylus Fieber, 1838 | burrowing grasshoppers | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Aiolopus Fieber, 1781 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anacridium Uvarov, 1838 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anaeolopus Uvarov, 1815 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Brownacris Dirsh, 1972 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Calliptamicus Uvarov, 1922 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Cyrtacanthacris Walker, 1758 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Dirshacris Brown, 1959 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Duplessisia Dirsh, 1956 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Duronia Stål, 1876 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Euloryma Spearman, 2013 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Euryphymus Stål, 1898 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hemiloryma Brown, 1973 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Karruhippus Brown, 1989 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Locustana Uvarov, 1870 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Lounsburyna Uvarov, 1922 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Morphacris Walker, 1815 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nomadacris Uvarov, 1839 | | 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 | | Phaeocatantops Dirsh, 1870 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Platypternodes Bolivar, 1876 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Plegmapteroides Dirsh, 1959 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Plegmapterus Martínez y F..., 1956 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Pnorisa Stål, 1861 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhachitopis Uvarov, 1870 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Schistocerca Stål, 1775 | Bird grasshoppers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Scintharista Saussure, 1873 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Sphingonotus Fieber, 1876 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Sphodromerus Stål, 1929 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Trilophidia Stål, 1870 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Truxaloides Dirsh, 1815 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Vitticatantops Sjöstedt, 1815 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Northern Cape
45 Species and 1 Subspecies | Abisares viridipennis hylaeus Rehn, J.A.G., 1914 | | | Acrida acuminata Stål, 1873 | | | Acrida turrita Linnaeus, 1758 | Long-headed grasshopper | | Acrotylus angulatus Stål, 1876 | | | Acrotylus crassus Saussure, 1884 | | | Acrotylus diana Karny, 1910 | | | Acrotylus furcifer Saussure, 1888 | | | Acrotylus patruelis Herrich-Scha..., 1838 | Slender Burrowing Grasshopper | | Aiolopus thalassinus Fabricius, 1781 | Australian aiolopus | | Anacridium moestum Serville, 1838 | Tree Locust | | Anaeolopus dorsalis Thunberg, 1815 | | | Brownacris namaquensis Brown, 1972 | | | Cyrtacanthacris aeruginosa Stoll, 1813 | | | Cyrtacanthacris tatarica Linnaeus, 1758 | Yellow-backed grasshopper | | Dirshacris aridus Brown, 1959 | | | Duplessisia sulcata Dirsh, 1956 | | | Duronia chloronota Stål, 1876 | | | Euryphymus tuberculatus Martínez y F..., 1898 | Common Agile Grasshopper | | Hemiloryma deserticola Brown, 1973 | | | Karruhippus albicornis Brown, 1989 | | | Locustana pardalina Walker, 1870 | Brown locust | | Morphacris fasciata Thunberg, 1815 | | | Nomadacris septemfasciata Serville, 1839 | Red Locust | | Pachyphymus cristulifer Serville, 1838 | Ridgebacked Agile Grasshopper | | Paragymnobothrus rufipes Uvarov, 1925 | | | Paraxenotettix calcaratus Uvarov, 1925 | | | Phaeocatantops sulphureus Walker, 1870 | | | Platypternodes brevipes Stål, 1876 | | | Plegmapteroides minutus Dirsh, 1959 | Short-legged Agile Grasshopper | | Plegmapterus fernandezi Uvarov, 1922 | Nama-Karoo Agile Grasshopper | | Plegmapterus sinuosus Martínez y F..., 1898 | Rugose Agile Grasshopper | | Plegmapterus splendens Dirsh, 1956 | Pink Agile Grasshopper | | Pnorisa squalus Stål, 1861 | | | Rhachitopis crassus Walker, 1870 | Humped Agile Grasshopper | | Schistocerca gregaria Forskål, 1775 | Desert locust | | Scintharista magnifica Uvarov, 1922 | | | Scintharista saucia Stål, 1873 | | | Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) capensis Saussure, 1884 | | | Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) nigripennis Serville, 1838 | | | Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) scabriculus Stål, 1876 | | | Sphodromerus gilli Uvarov, 1929 | | | Trilophidia conturbata Walker, 1870 | | | Truxaloides braziliensis Drury, 1770 | | | Truxaloides serratus Thunberg, 1815 | | | Vitticatantops humeralis Thunberg, 1815 | |
Subnodes of Acrididae with occurrences in Northern Cape | Subfamily | Acridinae
MacLeay, 1821
Silent slant-faced grasshoppers, Slant-faced and Band-winged Grasshoppers | 4
6 | 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 | 6
6 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Cyrtacanthacridinae
Kirby, 1902
Bird grasshoppers | 4
5 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Euryphyminae
Dirsh, 1956
| 6
7 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Gomphocerinae
Fieber, 1853
Grasshoppers, Slant-faced grasshoppers | 5
4 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Hemiacridinae
Dirsh, 1956
| 3
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Oedipodinae
Walker, 1871
Band-winged grasshoppers | 8
14 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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 | | Acrididae (MacLeay 1819) |
Links, sources and further information Acrididae at artfakta.se
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