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Checklist for Infraorder Acrididea Song & al., 2015
and region Kenya (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
503
7105
22102
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
501
7100
22096
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
482
7015
21853
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
60
436
1014
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
19
234
473
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
8
141
290
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
8
141
290
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Kenya
8 Families width 290 Species and 73 Subspecies
Acrididae MacLeay, 1819Grasshoppers and locusts222SpeciesTaxom
Episactidae Burr, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Euschmidtiidae Rehn, 19484SpeciesTaxom
Lentulidae Dirsh, 1956Lentulid Grasshoppers6SpeciesTaxom
Pamphagidae Burmeister, 1840Toad grasshopper3SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgomorphidae Brunner von ..., 1874Bushlocusts33SpeciesTaxom
Tetrigidae Rambur, 1838Groundhoppers6SpeciesTaxom
Thericleidae Burr, 189915SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Acrididea with occurrences in Kenya
SuperfamilyTetrigoidea
Serville, 1838
1
5
6
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Acrididea at itis.gov