Checklist for Infraorder Acrididea Song & al., 2015
and region Nairobi (Kenya)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 172
803
1105 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 172
803
1105 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 164
771
1056 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 16
30
29 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas | 6
17
17 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers | 3
13
13 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
| 3
13
13 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Nairobi
3 Families width 13 Species and 1 Subspecies
Genera for Nairobi
13 Genera with 13 Species | Abisares Stål, 1838 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Acanthacris Uvarov, 1787 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Coryphosima Karsch, 1853 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyrtacanthacris Walker, 1758 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Dictyophorus Thunberg, 1849 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gymnobothrus Bolivar, 1931 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heteracris Walker, 1914 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Malagassa Saussure, 1893 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Meruana Delucchi, 1988 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Morphacris Walker, 1815 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parasphena Bolivar, 1933 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phymateus Thunberg, 1939 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Schistocerca Stål, 1775 | Bird grasshoppers | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Nairobi
13 Species and 1 Subspecies | Abisares viridipennis Burmeister, 1838 | | | Acanthacris ruficornis Fabricius, 1787 | | | Coryphosima stenoptera Schaum, 1853 | African Common Grasshopper | | Cyrtacanthacris tatarica Linnaeus, 1758 | Yellow-backed grasshopper | | Cyrtacanthacris tatarica tatarica Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Dictyophorus (Tapesiella) griseus Reiche & Fai..., 1849 | | | Gymnobothrus gracilis Ramme, 1931 | | | Heteracris brevipennis Bolivar, 1914 | | | Malagassa leptotes Brancsik, 1893 | | | Meruana liriomyzae Boucek, 1988 | | | Morphacris fasciata Thunberg, 1815 | | | Parasphena nairobiensis Sjöstedt, 1933 | | | Phymateus asiaticus (Chang, K.S.F., 1939) | ⇒ Phymateus viridipes viridipes Stål, 1873 | | Schistocerca gregaria Forskål, 1775 | Desert locust |
Links, sources and further information Acrididea at itis.gov
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