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Checklist for Infraorder Acrididea Song & al., 2015
and region Burkina Faso (West Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
164
1007
2041
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
164
1007
2041
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
156
988
1997
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
21
58
83
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
4
13
16
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
2
10
12
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
2
10
12
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Burkina Faso
2 Families width 12 Species and 2 Subspecies
Acrididae MacLeay, 1819Grasshoppers and locusts10SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgomorphidae Brunner von ..., 1874Bushlocusts2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Burkina Faso
10 Genera with 12 Species
Abisares Stål, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Aiolopus Fieber, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Cannula I. Bolivar, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Chrotogonus Serville, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Dictyophorus Thunberg, 18472SpeciesTaxom
Mesopsis Bolivar, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Parepistaurus Karsch, 19981SpeciesTaxom
Parga Walker, 19263SpeciesTaxom
Schistocerca Stål, 1899Bird grasshoppers2SpeciesTaxom
Truxalis Fabricius, 1775
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Burkina Faso
12 Species and 2 Subspecies
Abisares viridipennis hylaeus Rehn, J.A.G., 1914
Aiolopus longicornis Sjöstedt, 1910
Cannula gracilis Burmeister, 1838Grass-mimicking Grasshopper
Chrotogonus (Chrotogonus) hemipterus Schaum, 1853
Dictyophorus (Tapesiella) griseus Reiche & Fai..., 1849
Dictyophorus griseus griseus Fairmaire & ..., 1847
Mesopsis laticornis Krauss, 1877
Parepistaurus tenuicercus Green, 1998
Parga aurata Sjöstedt, 1932
Parga aurea Sjöstedt, 1932
Parga cyanoptera Uvarov, 1926
Schistocerca alutacea Harris, 1841Green bird grasshopper
Schistocerca lineata (Scudder, 1899)⇒ Schistocerca alutacea Harris, 1841


Links, sources and further information
Acrididea at itis.gov