Checklist for Infraorder Acrididea Song & al., 2015
and region Southern Africa (Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 754
15371
60267 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 750
15333
60124 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 715
15096
59373 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 95
811
2249 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas | 35
480
1292 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers | 16
314
838 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
| 15
309
825 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Southern Africa
15 Families width 825 Species and 76 Subspecies | Acrididae MacLeay, 1819 | Grasshoppers and locusts | 409 | Species | Taxom | | Eolocustopsidae Riek, 1976 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Episactidae Burr, 1899 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euschmidtiidae Rehn, 1948 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Lathiceridae Dirsh, 1954 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Lentulidae Dirsh, 1956 | Lentulid Grasshoppers | 143 | Species | Taxom | | Lithidiidae Dirsh, 1961 | | 33 | Species | Taxom | | Locustavidae Sharov, 1968 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pamphagidae Burmeister, 1840 | Toad grasshopper | 80 | Species | Taxom | | Pamphagodidae Bolivar, 1884 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Pneumoridae Stål, 1873 | Bladder grasshopper | 16 | Species | Taxom | | Pyrgomorphidae Brunner von ..., 1874 | Bushlocusts | 44 | Species | Taxom | | Romaleidae Brunner von ..., 1893 | Lubber grasshopper | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Tetrigidae Rambur, 1838 | Groundhoppers | 29 | Species | Taxom | | Thericleidae Burr, 1899 | | 52 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Acrididea with occurrences in Southern Africa
Links, sources and further information Acrididea at itis.gov
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