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Checklist for Family Acrididae MacLeay, 1819 (Grasshoppers and locusts)
and region Réunion (Indian Ocean islands)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
238
1503
2757
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
238
1503
2757
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
231
1480
2727
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
22
58
68
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
10
36
44
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
3
12
13
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
3
12
13
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
2
10
11
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAcrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers
9
10
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Réunion
9 Genera with 10 Species
Aiolopus Fieber, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Anacridium Uvarov, 19532SpeciesTaxom
Aphiocephalus Lacordaire, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Gastrimargus Saussure, 19573SpeciesTaxom
Locusta Linnaeus, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Melanoplus Stål, 1878Spur-throat grasshoppers1SpeciesTaxom
Meruana Delucchi, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Nomadacris Uvarov, 18391SpeciesTaxom
Xiphidion Provancher, 19071SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Réunion
10 Species and 2 Subspecies
Aiolopus thalassinus Fabricius, 1781Australian aiolopus
Anacridium melanorhodon Walker, 1870Sahelian tree locust
Anacridium melanorhodon arabafrum Dirsh & Uvarov, 1953Arabian tree locust
Aphiocephalus limbatus Hustache, 1924
Gastrimargus africanus Saussure, 1889
Gastrimargus africanus africanus Saussure, 1888
Gastrimargus immaculatus Chopard, 1957
Locusta migratoria Linnaeus, 1758African migratory locust
Melanoplus packardii Scudder, 1878Packard grasshopper
Meruana liriomyzae Boucek, 1988
Nomadacris septemfasciata Serville, 1839Red Locust
Xiphidion obtectum (Karny, 1907)⇒ Conocephalus obtectus Karny, 1907

Subnodes of Acrididae with occurrences in Réunion
SubfamilyCyrtacanthacridinae
Kirby, 1902
Bird grasshoppers
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemiacridinae
Dirsh, 1956
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMelanoplinae
Scudder, 1897
Spur-throated grasshoppers
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOedipodinae
Walker, 1871
Band-winged grasshoppers
3
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOmmatolampinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



Acrididae (MacLeay 1819)
Acrididae (MacLeay 1819)


Links, sources and further information
Acrididae at artfakta.se
Acrididae at dyntaxa.se
Acrididae at gbif.org
Acrididae at itis.gov