Checklist of Infraorder Acrididea Song & al., 2015
for Cape Town (Western Cape)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 275
1566
2037 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 275
1566
2037 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 267
1550
2024 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 27
56
68 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas | 15
39
52 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers | 7
23
29 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
| 6
22
28 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Cape Town
6 Families width 28 Species and 1 Subspecies
Genera for Cape Town
22 Genera with 28 Species
| Acrida Linnaeus, 1758 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Acrotylus Fieber, 1873 | burrowing grasshoppers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aiolopus Fieber, 1781 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Akicera Serville, 1815 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anaeolopus Uvarov, 1815 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Betiscoides Sjöstedt, 1937 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Bullacris Roberts, 1758 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Calliptamicus Uvarov, 1922 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyrtacanthacris Walker, 1813 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euryphymus Stål, 1758 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Eyprepocnemis Fieber, 1838 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gymnidium Karsch, 1896 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oedaleus Fieber, 1773 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Palaisioscaria Günther, 1934 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paratettix I. Bolivar, 1815 | Creek Pygmy Grasshoppers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phymateus Thunberg, 1758 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Porthetis Serville, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhachitopis Uvarov, 1922 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Schistocerca Stål, 1775 | Bird grasshoppers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Scintharista Saussure, 1873 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tetrix Latreille, 1887 | Forest Pygmy Grasshoppers | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Tmetonota Saussure, 1884 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Cape Town
28 Species and 1 Subspecies | Acrida acuminata Stål, 1873 | | | Acrida gigantea Herbst, 1786 | | | Acrida turrita Linnaeus, 1758 | Long-headed grasshopper | | Acrotylus apricarius Stål, 1873 | | | Aiolopus thalassinus Fabricius, 1781 | Australian aiolopus | | Akicera fusca Thunberg, 1815 | | | Anaeolopus dorsalis Thunberg, 1815 | | | Betiscoides meridionalis Sjöstedt, 1923 | Slender Restio Grasshopper | | Betiscoides sjostedti Key, 1937 | Robust Restio Grasshopper | | Bullacris discolor Thunberg, 1810 | Bladder grasshopper | | Bullacris obliqua Thunberg, 1810 | Bladder grasshopper | | Bullacris serrata Thunberg, 1810 | Bladder grasshopper | | Bullacris unicolor Linnaeus, 1758 | Bladder grasshopper | | Cyrtacanthacris aeruginosa Stoll, 1813 | | | Euryphymus haematopus Linnaeus, 1758 | Red-legged Agile Grasshopper | | Eyprepocnemis calceata Serville, 1838 | | | Gymnidium turbinatum Karsch, 1896 | | | Oedaleus nigrofasciatus De Geer, 1773 | | | Palaisioscaria calosoma calosoma (Günther, 1934) | ⇒ Palaisioscaria calosoma Günther, 1934 | | Paratettix scaber Thunberg, 1815 | | | Phymateus (Phymateus) madagassus Karsch, 1888 | | | Phymateus (Phymateus) morbillosus Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Porthetis carinata Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Rhachitopis nigripes Uvarov, 1922 | Dark-legged Agile Grasshopper | | Schistocerca gregaria Forskål, 1775 | Desert locust | | Scintharista saucia Stål, 1873 | | | Tetrix condylops Gerstaecker, 1869 | | | Tetrix dubiosus Bolivar, 1887 | |
Subnodes of Acrididea with occurrences in Cape Town
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