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Checklist for Infraorder Acrididea Song & al., 2015
and region Zimbabwe (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
482
6547
17544
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
480
6543
17539
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
464
6450
17312
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
49
314
551
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
18
172
269
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
9
122
187
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
9
122
187
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Zimbabwe
9 Families width 187 Species and 29 Subspecies
Acrididae MacLeay, 1819Grasshoppers and locusts120SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgomorphidae Brunner von ..., 1874Bushlocusts24SpeciesTaxom
Tetrigidae Rambur, 1838Groundhoppers9SpeciesTaxom
Romaleidae Brunner von ..., 1893Lubber grasshopper0SpeciesTaxom
Pamphagidae Burmeister, 1840Toad grasshopper11SpeciesTaxom
Lentulidae Dirsh, 1956Lentulid Grasshoppers3SpeciesTaxom
Thericleidae Burr, 189916SpeciesTaxom
Euschmidtiidae Rehn, 19483SpeciesTaxom
Episactidae Burr, 18991SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Zimbabwe
122 Genera with 187 Species
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Abisares Stål, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Acanthacris Uvarov, 17872SpeciesTaxom
Acorypha Krauss, 18765SpeciesTaxom
Acrida Linnaeus, 17584SpeciesTaxom
Acrophymus Uvarov, 18973SpeciesTaxom
Acrotylus Fieber, 1888burrowing grasshoppers2SpeciesTaxom
Aiolopus Fieber, 17812SpeciesTaxom
Amblyphymus Uvarov, 19564SpeciesTaxom
Anablepia Uvarov, 19531SpeciesTaxom
Anacridium Uvarov, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Aneuryphymus Uvarov, 19222SpeciesTaxom
Anthermus Stål, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Aulacobothrus Bolivar, 19213SpeciesTaxom
Berengueria Bolivar, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Bryophyma Uvarov, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Cannula I. Bolivar, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Cardeniopsis Dirsh, 18822SpeciesTaxom
Cardenius Bolivar, 19951SpeciesTaxom
Cataloipus Bolívar, I., 19294SpeciesTaxom
Catantops Schaum, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Chirindites Ramme, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Chrotogonus Serville, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Cladoramus Hancock, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Colpolopha Stål, 1873
0SpeciesTaxom
Coryphosima Karsch, 19492SpeciesTaxom
Crucinotacris Jago, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Cultrinotus Bolivar, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Cyathosternum Bolivar, 19142SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtacanthacris Walker, 17584SpeciesTaxom
Dasyleurotettix Rehn, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Dictyophorus Thunberg, 18473SpeciesTaxom
Dnopherula Karsch, 19122SpeciesTaxom
Dociostaurus Fieber, 1853
cross-backed grasshoppers0SpeciesTaxom
Duronia Stål, 18761SpeciesTaxom
Eleutherotheca Karny, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Eremidium Karsch, 20121SpeciesTaxom
Eucoptacra Bolivar, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Eupropacris Walker, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Euryphymus Stål, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Gastrimargus Saussure, 18736SpeciesTaxom
Gymnobothrus Bolivar, 18764SpeciesTaxom
Hemiacris Walker, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Henicothericles Descamps, 19771SpeciesTaxom
Heteracris Walker, 19132SpeciesTaxom
Heteropternis Stål, 18704SpeciesTaxom
Hollisia Descamps, 19771SpeciesTaxom
Hoplolopha Stål, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Humbe Bolivar, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Jasomenia Bolivar, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Kraussaria Uvarov, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Lamarckiana Kirby, 18704SpeciesTaxom
Leptacris Walker, 1870
0SpeciesTaxom
Lobosceliana Dirsh, 18534SpeciesTaxom
Loboschmidtia Descamps, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Locusta Linnaeus, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Lophothericles Descamps, 19774SpeciesTaxom
Machaeridia Stål, 1889Machaeridians1SpeciesTaxom
Malagassa Saussure, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Marshallacris Rehn, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Maura Stål, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Meruana Delucchi, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Mesopsera Bolivar, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Mesopsis Bolivar, 18772SpeciesTaxom
Microusambilla Jago, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Morphacris Walker, 18151SpeciesTaxom
Morphopoides Rehn, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Nomadacris Uvarov, 18391SpeciesTaxom
Ochrilidia Stål, 1873
0SpeciesTaxom
Ochrophlebia Stål, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Ochrophlegma Bolivar, 18761SpeciesTaxom
Oedaleus Fieber, 18704SpeciesTaxom
Oncothericles Descamps, 19771SpeciesTaxom
Ophthalmothericles Descamps, 19771SpeciesTaxom
Oraistes Karsch, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Ornithacris Uvarov, 18822SpeciesTaxom
Orthochtha Karsch, 19124SpeciesTaxom
Oxya Serville, 18312SpeciesTaxom
Oxycatantops Dirsh, 18702SpeciesTaxom
Paralentula Rehn, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Parapropacris Ramme, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Parga Walker, 18553SpeciesTaxom
Petamella Giglio-Tos, 1907
0SpeciesTaxom
Phaeocatantops Dirsh, 18703SpeciesTaxom
Phloeonotus Bolivar, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Phymateus Thunberg, 18737SpeciesTaxom
Phyteumas Bolivar, 19531SpeciesTaxom
Pnorisa Stål, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Poecilocerastis Ramme, 19292SpeciesTaxom
Pseudamatonga Descamps, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Pseudharpethericles Descamps, 19771SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoarcyptera Bolívar, I., 19092SpeciesTaxom
Pseudothericles Burr, 18972SpeciesTaxom
Pseudotristria Dirsh, 19491SpeciesTaxom
Pternoscirta Saussure, 18151SpeciesTaxom
Punctisphena Kevan, 19611SpeciesTaxom
Pycnodictya Stål, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgomorpha Serville, 17913SpeciesTaxom
Rhachitopis Uvarov, 19921SpeciesTaxom
Rhodesiana Dirsh, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Schistocerca Stål, 1775Bird grasshoppers1SpeciesTaxom
Schulthessiella Bolivar, 19774SpeciesTaxom
Spathosternum Krauss, 18762SpeciesTaxom
Sphodromerus Stål, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Stenoscepa Karsch, 19622SpeciesTaxom
Stenothericles Descamps, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Tanita Bolivar, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Taphronota Stål, 19755SpeciesTaxom
Tetrix Latreille, 1869Forest Pygmy Grasshoppers1SpeciesTaxom
Tettiella Hancock, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Thericles Stål, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Tmetonota Saussure, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Trachytettix Stål, 18641SpeciesTaxom
Trichocatantops Uvarov, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Trilophidia Stål, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Truxalis Fabricius, 19501SpeciesTaxom
Truxaloides Dirsh, 18533SpeciesTaxom
Vansoniacris Dirsh, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Vitticatantops Sjöstedt, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Xenoschmidtia Descamps, 19731SpeciesTaxom
Xerophyllum Fairmaire, 1887Beargrass2SpeciesTaxom
Zimbabwea Miller, 19491SpeciesTaxom
Zonocerus Stål, 18152SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Zimbabwe
187 Species and 29 Subspecies
Abisares viridipennis hylaeus Rehn, J.A.G., 1914
Acanthacris ruficornis Fabricius, 1787
Acanthacris ruficornis ruficornis Fabricius, 1787Garden Locust
Acorypha ferrifer Walker, 1870
Acorypha laticosta Karsch, 1896
Acorypha nigrovariegata Bolivar, 1889
Acorypha nigrovariegata tibialis Kirby, W.F., 1902
Acorypha pallidicornis Stål, 1876
Acrida acuminata Stål, 1873
Acrida bicolor Thunberg, 1815Long-headed grasshopper
Acrida sulphuripennis Gerstaecker, 1869
Acrida turrita Linnaeus, 1758Long-headed grasshopper
Acrophymus lobipennis Miller, 1949Okavango Agile Grasshopper
Acrophymus rossi Dirsh, 1963Manyika Agile Grasshopper
Acrophymus squamipennis Brancsik, 1897Eastern Agile Grasshopper
Acrotylus diana Karny, 1910
Acrotylus furcifer Saussure, 1888
Aiolopus meruensis Sjöstedt, 1910
Aiolopus thalassinus Fabricius, 1781Australian aiolopus
Amblyphymus matopo Dirsh, 1956Matopo Agile Grasshopper
Amblyphymus miniatus Uvarov, 1922Sofala Agile Grasshopper
Amblyphymus rubidus Brown, 1959Brown's Agile Grasshopper
Amblyphymus rubripes Dirsh, 1956Kruger Agile Grasshopper
Anablepia pilosa Uvarov, 1953
Anacridium moestum Serville, 1838Tree Locust
Aneuryphymus erythropus Thunberg, 1815Red-footed Agile Grasshopper
Aneuryphymus rhodesianus Uvarov, 1922Wolkberg Agile Grashopper
Anthermus granosus Stål, 1878
Aulacobothrus dorsatas Bolívar, I., 1912
Aulacobothrus dorsatus Bolivar, 1912
Aulacobothrus marshalli (Uvarov, 1921)⇒ Aulacobothrus dorsatus Bolivar, 1912
Berengueria rotundifrons Bolivar, 1912
Bryophyma debilis Karsch, 1896
Cannula gracilis Burmeister, 1838Grass-mimicking Grasshopper
Cardeniopsis nigropunctata Bolivar, 1882
Cardeniopsis nigropunctatus (Bolívar, I., 1882)⇒ Cardeniopsis nigropunctata Bolivar, 1882
Cardenius peringueyi Otte, 1995
Cataloipus cognatus Walker, 1870
Cataloipus oberthuri Bolivar, 1890
Cataloipus oberthuri oberthuri Bolivar, 1890
Cataloipus pulcher Sjöstedt, 1929
Catantops melanostictus Schaum, 1853
Chirindites odendaali Ramme, 1929
Chrotogonus (Chrotogonus) hemipterus Schaum, 1853
Cladoramus crenulatus Hancock, 1907
Coryphosima stenoptera Schaum, 1853African Common Grasshopper
Coryphosima vumbaensis Miller, 1949
Crucinotacris cruciata Bolivar, 1912
Cultrinotus poultoni Bolivar, 1915
Cyathosternum prehensile Bolivar, 1882
Cyathosternum roseum Bolivar, 1914
Cyrtacanthacris aeruginosa Stoll, 1813
Cyrtacanthacris aeruginosa aeruginosa Stoll, 1813
Cyrtacanthacris tatarica Linnaeus, 1758Yellow-backed grasshopper
Cyrtacanthacris tatarica tatarica Linnaeus, 1758
Dasyleurotettix infaustus Walker, 1871
Dictyophorus (Dictyophorus) spumans Thunberg, 1787Koppie foam grasshopper
Dictyophorus (Tapesiella) griseus Reiche & Fai..., 1849
Dictyophorus griseus griseus Fairmaire & ..., 1847
Dnopherula cruciata (Bolivar, 1912)⇒ Crucinotacris cruciata Bolivar, 1912
Dnopherula pictipes Bolivar, 1912
Duronia chloronota Stål, 1876
Eleutherotheca fungosa Bolivar, 1889
Eremidium manicaense Brown, 2012
Eucoptacra sheffieldi Bolivar, 1912
Eupropacris rammei Miller, 1936
Euryphymus tuberculatus Martínez y F..., 1898Common Agile Grasshopper
Gastrimargus africanus Saussure, 1889
Gastrimargus determinatus vitripennis Saussure, 1888
Gastrimargus marmoratus Thunberg, 1815
Gastrimargus verticalis Saussure, 1884
Gastrimargus verticalis verticalis Saussure, 1884
Gastrimargus wahlbergii Stål, 1873
Gymnobothrus flaviventris Uvarov, 1953
Gymnobothrus lineaalba Bolivar, 1889
Gymnobothrus temporalis Stål, 1876
Gymnobothrus temporalis temporalis Stål, 1876
Hemiacris fervens Walker, 1870
Henicothericles spectabilis Descamps, 1977Hwange Bush Grasshopper
Heteracris pulchripes Schaum, 1853
Heteracris speciosa (Sjöstedt, 1913)⇒ Tylotropidius didymus Thunberg, 1815
Heteropternis couloniana Saussure, 1884
Heteropternis minor Saussure, 1899
Heteropternis pugnax Bolivar, 1912
Heteropternis thoracica Walker, 1870
Hollisia nigropicta Descamps, 1977
Hoplolopha pinheyi Dirsh, 1958
Humbe tenuicornis Schaum, 1853
Jasomenia sansibara Karsch, 1896
Kraussaria prasina Walker, 1870
Lamarckiana bolivariana Saussure, 1887
Lamarckiana cucullata Stoll, 1813
Lamarckiana nasuta Saussure, 1887
Lamarckiana punctosa Walker, 1870
Lobosceliana brevicornis Bolivar, 1915
Lobosceliana cinerascens Stål, 1873
Lobosceliana femoralis Walker, 1870
Lobosceliana loboscelis Schaum, 1853
Loboschmidtia milleri Descamps, 1964
Locusta migratoria Linnaeus, 1758African migratory locust
Lophothericles dirshi Descamps, 1977
Lophothericles disparilis Bolivar, 1914
Lophothericles mayungudsi Descamps, 1977
Lophothericles shabani Descamps, 1977
Machaeridia conspersa Bolivar, 1889
Malagassa leptotes Brancsik, 1893
Marshallacris africanus Hancock, 1909
Maura marshalli Bolivar, 1904
Meruana liriomyzae Boucek, 1988
Mesopsera filum Bolivar, 1890
Mesopsis hessei Uvarov, 1929
Mesopsis laticornis Krauss, 1877
Microusambilla cylindricollis Ramme, 1929
Morphacris fasciata Thunberg, 1815
Morphopoides folipes Hancock, 1909
Nomadacris septemfasciata Serville, 1839Red Locust
Ochrophlebia cafra ligneola Serville, 1838
Ochrophlegma violacea Stål, 1876
Oedaleus carvalhoi Bolivar, 1889
Oedaleus flavus somaliensis Sjöstedt, 1931
Oedaleus nigrofasciatus De Geer, 1773
Oedaleus plenus plenus Walker, 1870
Oncothericles isolatus Descamps, 1977
Ophthalmothericles variegatus Descamps, 1977
Oraistes luridus Karsch, 1896
Ornithacris cyanea Stoll, 1813
Ornithacris pictula magnifica Bolivar, 1882
Orthochtha dasycnemis Gerstaecker, 1869
Orthochtha dasycnemis dasycnemis Gerstaecker, 1869
Orthochtha dimorphipes Uvarov, 1953
Orthochtha nigricornis prasina Bolivar, 1912
Oxya hyla Serville, 1831
Oxya hyla hyla Serville, 1831Small rice grasshopper
Oxycatantops adustus Walker, 1870
Oxycatantops spissus Walker, 1870
Paralentula candidoi Ramme, 1929
Parapropacris ebneri Ramme, 1929
Parga musanae Sjöstedt, 1931
Parga viridescens Sjöstedt, 1931
Parga xanthoptera (Stål, 1855)⇒ Parga musanae Sjöstedt, 1931
Phaeocatantops decoratus Gerstaecker, 1869
Phaeocatantops decoratus decoratus Gerstaecker, 1869
Phaeocatantops sulphureus Walker, 1870
Phloeonotus humilis Gerstaecker, 1869
Phymateus (Maphyteus) baccatus (Stål, 1876)⇒ Phymateus bolivari compressicollis Bolivar, 1904
Phymateus bolivari compressicollis Bolivar, 1904
Phymateus (Maphyteus) leprosus Fabricius, 1793
Phymateus (Phymateus) morbillosus Linnaeus, 1758
Phymateus morbillosus morbillosus Linnaeus, 1758Common Milkweed Locust
Phymateus (Phymateus) viridipes Stål, 1873
Phymateus viridipes viridipes Stål, 1873Green Milkweed Locust
Phyteumas whellani Dirsh, 1953Bright-winged Bushhopper
Pnorisa squalus Stål, 1861
Poecilocerastis striata Ramme, 1929
Poecilocerastis striata poultoni Ramme, 1929
Pseudamatonga strigilifer Miller, 1936
Pseudharpethericles taurus Descamps, 1977
Pseudoarcyptera bolivari Uvarov, 1953
Pseudoarcyptera cephalica Bolívar, I., 1909
Pseudothericles jallae Griffini, 1897
Pseudothericles jallae jallae Griffini, 1897
Pseudotristria manicae Miller, 1949
Pternoscirta bimaculata Thunberg, 1815
Punctisphena pustulata Kevan, 1961
Pycnodictya obscura Linnaeus, 1758
Pyrgomorpha (Phymelloides) granulata Stål, 1875
Pyrgomorpha (Pyrgomorpha) cognata Krauss, 1877
Pyrgomorpha conica conica Olivier, 1791
Rhachitopis brachypterus Naskrecki, 1992Matetsi Agile Grasshopper
Rhodesiana maculata Dirsh, 1959Spotted Agile Grasshopper
Schistocerca gregaria Forskål, 1775Desert locust
Schulthessiella difficilis Descamps, 1977
Schulthessiella forficata Descamps, 1977
Schulthessiella odzaniae Descamps, 1977
Schulthessiella sellata Descamps, 1977
Spathosternum nigro-taeniatum Stål, 1876
Spathosternum nigrotaeniatum Stål, 1876
Sphodromerus gilli Uvarov, 1929
Stenoscepa gracilis Kevan, 1956
Stenoscepa obscura Kevan, 1962
Stenothericles porcellus Miller, 1936
Tanita rosea Bolivar, 1908
Taphronota (Epamontor) stali Bolivar, 1884
Taphronota (Taphronota) calliparea (Schaum, 1853)⇒ Taphronota grandis Kevan, 1975
Taphronota calliparea calliparea Schaum, 1853
Taphronota calliparea poultoni (Bolivar, 1904)⇒ Taphronota calliparea calliparea Schaum, 1853
Taphronota (Taphronota) grandis Kevan, 1975
Tetrix condylops Gerstaecker, 1869
Tettiella latipes Stål, 1877
Thericles asellus Miller, 1936
Tmetonota abrupta Walker, 1870
Trachytettix bufo bufo Costa, O.G., 1864
Trichocatantops villosus Karsch, 1893
Trilophidia conturbata Walker, 1870
Truxalis burtti Dirsh, 1950
Truxaloides braziliensis Drury, 1770
Truxaloides coeruleipennis Ramme, 1929
Truxaloides constrictus Schaum, 1853
Vansoniacris rubricornis Dirsh, 1958
Vitticatantops fasciatus Karny, 1907
Xenoschmidtia inyangana Descamps, 1973
Xerophyllum platycorys Westwood, 1839
Xerophyllum platycorys simile Bolivar, 1887
Zimbabwea saxicola Miller, 1949
Zonocerus elegans Thunberg, 1815Elegant Grasshopper
Zonocerus elegans elegans Thunberg, 1815Elegant Grasshopper

Subnodes of Acrididea with occurrences in Zimbabwe
SuperfamilyTetrigoidea
Serville, 1838
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Links, sources and further information
Acrididea at itis.gov