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Checklist for Infraorder Acrididea Song & al., 2015
and region Namibia (Southern Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
434
4745
11084
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
432
4730
11041
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
411
4621
10826
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
51
306
537
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
22
176
295
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
12
133
219
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
11
131
216
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Namibia
11 Families width 216 Species and 24 Subspecies
Acrididae MacLeay, 1819Grasshoppers and locusts124SpeciesTaxom
Episactidae Burr, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Euschmidtiidae Rehn, 19483SpeciesTaxom
Lathiceridae Dirsh, 19544SpeciesTaxom
Lentulidae Dirsh, 1956Lentulid Grasshoppers5SpeciesTaxom
Lithidiidae Dirsh, 196124SpeciesTaxom
Pamphagidae Burmeister, 1840Toad grasshopper23SpeciesTaxom
Pamphagodidae Bolivar, 18843SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgomorphidae Brunner von ..., 1874Bushlocusts11SpeciesTaxom
Tetrigidae Rambur, 1838Groundhoppers4SpeciesTaxom
Thericleidae Burr, 189914SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Acrididea with occurrences in Namibia
SuperfamilyTetrigoidea
Serville, 1838
1
4
4
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Acrididea at itis.gov