Checklist for Family Acrididae MacLeay, 1819 (Grasshoppers and locusts)
and region Sahara (North Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 78
419
608 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 78
419
608 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 74
412
601 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 8
27
34 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas | 4
21
25 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers | 4
21
25 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
| 4
21
25 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
| 3
18
22 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Acrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers | 13
16 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Sahara
13 Genera with 16 Species | Acrotylus Fieber, 1845 | burrowing grasshoppers | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Anacridium Uvarov, 1870 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Dociostaurus Fieber, 1815 | cross-backed grasshoppers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eremogryllus Krauss, 1902 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heteracris Walker, 1913 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Hyalorrhipis Saussure, 1902 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Locusta Linnaeus, 1849 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ochrilidia Stål, 1902 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Schistocerca Stål, 1775 | Bird grasshoppers | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Scintharista Saussure, 1870 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Sphingonotus Fieber, 1870 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Truxalis Fabricius, 1830 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Vosseleriana Uvarov, 1902 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Sahara
16 Species and 7 Subspecies | Acrotylus longipes (Charpentier, 1845) | ⇒ Acrotylus meruensis Sjöstedt, 1932 | | Acrotylus longipes longipes Charpentier, 1845 | | | Anacridium melanorhodon Walker, 1870 | Sahelian tree locust | | Anacridium melanorhodon melanorhodon Walker, 1870 | | | Dociostaurus (Dociostaurus) maroccanus Thunberg, 1815 | Moroccan Cross-backed Grasshopper | | Eremogryllus hammadae Krauss, 1902 | | | Heteracris annulosa Walker, 1870 | | | Heteracris harterti Bolivar, 1913 | | | Hyalorrhipis calcarata Vosseler, 1902 | | | Locusta migratoria Linnaeus, 1758 | African migratory locust | | Locusta migratoria migratorioides Reiche, L.J...., 1849 | African Migratory Locust | | Ochrilidia geniculata I. Bolivar, 1913 | | | Ochrilidia gracilis Krauss, 1902 | | | Ochrilidia gracilis gracilis Krauss, 1902 | | | Schistocerca gregaria Forskål, 1775 | Desert locust | | Schistocerca gregaria gregaria Forskål, 1775 | Desert Locust | | Scintharista notabilis Walker, 1870 | | | Scintharista notabilis notabilis Walker, 1870 | | | Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) octofasciatus Serville, 1838 | | | Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) rubescens Walker, 1870 | | | Sphingonotus rubescens rubescens Walker, 1870 | | | Truxalis procera Klug, 1830 | | | Vosseleriana fonti Bolivar, 1902 | |
Subnodes of Acrididae with occurrences in Sahara
 | | Acrididae (MacLeay 1819) |
Links, sources and further information Acrididae at artfakta.se
Acrididae at dyntaxa.se
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