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Checklist for Infraorder Acrididea Song & al., 2015
and region South Nigeria (Nigeria)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
91
467
775
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
91
467
775
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
87
438
716
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
5
11
10
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
3
9
7
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
2
8
6
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
2
8
6
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for South Nigeria
2 Families width 6 Species and 1 Subspecies
Acrididae MacLeay, 1819Grasshoppers and locusts4SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgomorphidae Brunner von ..., 1874Bushlocusts2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for South Nigeria
8 Genera with 6 Species
Acanthacris Uvarov, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtacanthacris Walker, 19242SpeciesTaxom
Eupropacris Walker, 17731SpeciesTaxom
Eyprepocnemis Fieber, 1853
0SpeciesTaxom
Ornithacris Uvarov, 1924
0SpeciesTaxom
Stenocrobylus Gerstaecker, 18911SpeciesTaxom
Taphronota Stål, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Zonocerus Stål, 17581SpeciesTaxom


Species list for South Nigeria
6 Species and 1 Subspecies
Acanthacris ruficornis Fabricius, 1787
Cyrtacanthacris aeruginosa Stoll, 1813
Cyrtacanthacris aeruginosa unicolor (Uvarov, 1924)⇒ Cyrtacanthacris aeruginosa flavescens Walker, 1870
Eupropacris coerulea (Drury, 1773)⇒ Eupropacris coeruleus Drury, 1770
Stenocrobylus festivus Karsch, 1891
Taphronota (Taphronota) ferruginea (Fabricius, 1781)⇒ Taphronota merceti Bolivar, 1904
Zonocerus variegatus Linnaeus, 1758Elegant grasshopper


Links, sources and further information
Acrididea at itis.gov