Checklist for Infraorder Acrididea Song & al., 2015
and region Cape (Republic South Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 630
8507
21838 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 628
8495
21797 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 600
8347
21509 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 73
439
938 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas | 31
293
617 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers | 14
202
434 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
| 13
198
431 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Cape
13 Families width 431 Species and 21 Subspecies | Acrididae MacLeay, 1819 | Grasshoppers and locusts | 212 | Species | Taxom | | Episactidae Burr, 1899 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euschmidtiidae Rehn, 1948 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lathiceridae Dirsh, 1954 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lentulidae Dirsh, 1956 | Lentulid Grasshoppers | 87 | Species | Taxom | | Lithidiidae Dirsh, 1961 | | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Locustavidae Sharov, 1968 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pamphagidae Burmeister, 1840 | Toad grasshopper | 51 | Species | Taxom | | Pneumoridae Stål, 1873 | Bladder grasshopper | 16 | Species | Taxom | | Pyrgomorphidae Brunner von ..., 1874 | Bushlocusts | 25 | Species | Taxom | | Romaleidae Brunner von ..., 1893 | Lubber grasshopper | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tetrigidae Rambur, 1838 | Groundhoppers | 15 | Species | Taxom | | Thericleidae Burr, 1899 | | 11 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Acrididea with occurrences in Cape
Links, sources and further information Acrididea at itis.gov
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