Checklist for Family Acrididae MacLeay, 1819 (Grasshoppers and locusts)
and region Zululand District (Kwazulu-Natal)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 281
1665
2291 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 281
1665
2291 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 264
1631
2246 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 17
46
48 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas | 10
30
27 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers | 7
19
18 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
| 7
19
18 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
| 3
14
13 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Acrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers | 11
11 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Zululand District
11 Genera with 11 Species | Abisares Stål, 1914 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Acanthoxia Bolivar, 1877 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Acrida Linnaeus, 1873 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyrtacanthacris Walker, 1813 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gastrimargus Saussure, 1884 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mesopsis Bolivar, 1877 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nomadacris Uvarov, 1839 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ornithacris Uvarov, 1870 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oxya Serville, 1831 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parga Walker, 1855 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Truxaloides Dirsh, 1770 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Zululand District
11 Species and 2 Subspecies | Abisares viridipennis hylaeus Rehn, J.A.G., 1914 | | | Acanthoxia natalensis Krauss, 1877 | | | Acrida acuminata Stål, 1873 | | | Cyrtacanthacris aeruginosa aeruginosa Stoll, 1813 | | | Gastrimargus verticalis Saussure, 1884 | | | Mesopsis laticornis Krauss, 1877 | | | Nomadacris septemfasciata Serville, 1839 | Red Locust | | Ornithacris pictula Walker, 1870 | | | Oxya hyla Serville, 1831 | | | Parga xanthoptera (Stål, 1855) | ⇒ Parga musanae Sjöstedt, 1931 | | Truxaloides braziliensis Drury, 1770 | |
Subnodes of Acrididae with occurrences in Zululand District | Subfamily | Acridinae
MacLeay, 1821
Silent slant-faced grasshoppers, Slant-faced and Band-winged Grasshoppers | 3
3 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Catantopinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
Spur-throated grasshoppers, Spur-throated Grasshoppers and Locusts | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Cyrtacanthacridinae
Kirby, 1902
Bird grasshoppers | 3
3 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Gomphocerinae
Fieber, 1853
Grasshoppers, Slant-faced grasshoppers | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Hemiacridinae
Dirsh, 1956
| 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Oedipodinae
Walker, 1871
Band-winged grasshoppers | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Oxyinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
Moisture-loving Grasshoppers | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
|
 | | Acrididae (MacLeay 1819) |
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