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Checklist for Infraorder Acrididea Song & al., 2015
and region Kwazulu-Natal (Republic South Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
568
7208
15765
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
565
7204
15757
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
537
7075
15500
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
68
440
857
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
27
276
498
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
11
187
345
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
10
184
337
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Kwazulu-Natal
10 Families width 337 Species and 26 Subspecies
Acrididae MacLeay, 1819Grasshoppers and locusts178SpeciesTaxom
Eolocustopsidae Riek, 19761SpeciesTaxom
Episactidae Burr, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Lentulidae Dirsh, 1956Lentulid Grasshoppers66SpeciesTaxom
Pamphagidae Burmeister, 1840Toad grasshopper32SpeciesTaxom
Pneumoridae Stål, 1873Bladder grasshopper14SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgomorphidae Brunner von ..., 1874Bushlocusts23SpeciesTaxom
Romaleidae Brunner von ..., 1893Lubber grasshopper1SpeciesTaxom
Tetrigidae Rambur, 1838Groundhoppers12SpeciesTaxom
Thericleidae Burr, 18999SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Acrididea with occurrences in Kwazulu-Natal
SuperfamilyTetrigoidea
Serville, 1838
1
11
12
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Acrididea at itis.gov