Checklist for Subfamily Acridinae MacLeay, 1821 (Silent slant-faced grasshoppers)
and region Cape (Republic South Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 630
8507
21838 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 628
8495
21797 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 600
8347
21509 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 73
439
938 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas | 31
293
617 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers | 14
202
434 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
| 13
198
431 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
| 6
151
361 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Acrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers | 109
212 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Acridinae
MacLeay, 1821
Silent slant-faced grasshoppers | 14
20 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Cape
14 Genera with 20 Species | Acrida Linnaeus, 1786 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Anaeolopus Uvarov, 1815 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Brachyacrida Dirsh, 1952 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cannula I. Bolivar, 1838 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Coryphosima Karsch, 1853 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Duronia Stål, 1876 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gymnobothrus Bolivar, 1876 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Keya Uvarov, 1941 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Machaeridia Stål, 1889 | Machaeridians | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Orthochtha Karsch, 1871 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parga Walker, 1855 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Rhabdoplea Karsch, 1893 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Truxalis Fabricius, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Truxaloides Dirsh, 1815 | | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Cape
20 Species and 1 Subspecies | Acrida acuminata Stål, 1873 | | | Acrida gigantea Herbst, 1786 | | | Acrida sulphuripennis Gerstaecker, 1869 | | | Acrida turrita Linnaeus, 1758 | Long-headed grasshopper | | Acrida ungarica Herbst, 1786 | Common Cone-headed Grasshopper | | Anaeolopus dorsalis Thunberg, 1815 | | | Brachyacrida distanti Dirsh, 1952 | | | Cannula gracilis Burmeister, 1838 | Grass-mimicking Grasshopper | | Coryphosima stenoptera Schaum, 1853 | African Common Grasshopper | | Coryphosima stenoptera stenoptera Schaum, 1853 | African Common Grasshopper | | Duronia chloronota Stål, 1876 | | | Gymnobothrus carinatus Uvarov, 1941 | | | Gymnobothrus gracilis Ramme, 1931 | | | Gymnobothrus temporalis Stål, 1876 | | | Keya capicola Uvarov, 1941 | | | Machaeridia conspersa Bolivar, 1889 | | | Orthochtha rosacea Walker, 1871 | | | Parga xanthoptera (Stål, 1855) | ⇒ Parga musanae Sjöstedt, 1931 | | Truxalis nasuta (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Truxalis viridifasciata Krauss, 1902 | | Truxaloides braziliensis Drury, 1770 | | | Truxaloides serratus Thunberg, 1815 | |
Subnodes of Acridinae with occurrences in Cape
 | | Acridinae (MacLeay 1821) |
Links, sources and further information Acridinae at itis.gov
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