Checklist for Family Acrididae MacLeay, 1819 (Grasshoppers and locusts)
and region Pietermaritzburg (Msunduzi)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 204
750
948 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 204
750
948 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 192
728
926 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 12
24
20 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas | 6
14
10 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers | 3
11
8 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
| 3
11
8 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
| 2
10
7 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Acrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers | 9
7 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Pietermaritzburg
9 Genera with 7 Species
Species list for Pietermaritzburg
7 Species and 1 Subspecies | Abisares viridipennis Burmeister, 1838 | | | Abisares viridipennis hylaeus Rehn, J.A.G., 1914 | | | Acrida acuminata Stål, 1873 | | | Aiolopus thalassinus Fabricius, 1781 | Australian aiolopus | | Anthermus granosus Stål, 1878 | | | Cyrtacanthacris tatarica Linnaeus, 1758 | Yellow-backed grasshopper | | Parga xanthoptera (Stål, 1855) | ⇒ Parga musanae Sjöstedt, 1931 | | Phaeocatantops sulphureus Walker, 1870 | |
Subnodes of Acrididae with occurrences in Pietermaritzburg
 | | Acrididae (MacLeay 1819) |
Links, sources and further information Acrididae at artfakta.se
Acrididae at dyntaxa.se
Acrididae at gbif.org
Acrididae at itis.gov
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