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Checklist for Subfamily Acridinae MacLeay, 1821 (Silent slant-faced grasshoppers)
and region Kenya (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
503
7105
22102
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
501
7100
22096
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
482
7015
21853
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
60
436
1014
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
19
234
473
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
8
141
290
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
8
141
290
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
3
114
231
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAcrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers
108
222
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyAcridinae
MacLeay, 1821
Silent slant-faced grasshoppers
18
45
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Kenya
18 Genera with 45 Species
Acrida Linnaeus, 17584SpeciesTaxom
Comacris Bolivar, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Coryphosima Karsch, 18533SpeciesTaxom
Duronia Stål, 18761SpeciesTaxom
Gymnobothroides Karny, 19503SpeciesTaxom
Gymnobothrus Bolivar, 19338SpeciesTaxom
Lobopoma Karsch, 19922SpeciesTaxom
Machaeridia Stål, 1889Machaeridians1SpeciesTaxom
Odontomelus Bolivar, 199515SpeciesTaxom
Orthochtha Karsch, 19295SpeciesTaxom
Parga Walker, 19312SpeciesTaxom
Phloeochopardia Dirsh, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Phryganomelus Jago, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Rastafaria Ramme, 19372SpeciesTaxom
Roduniella Bolivar, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Truxalis Fabricius, 19503SpeciesTaxom
Truxaloides Dirsh, 18151SpeciesTaxom
Uganda Bolivar, 19921SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Kenya
45 Species and 10 Subspecies
Acrida bicolor Thunberg, 1815Long-headed grasshopper
Acrida crassicollis Chopard, 1921
Acrida sulphuripennis Gerstaecker, 1869
Acrida turrita Linnaeus, 1758Long-headed grasshopper
Comacris semicarinatus Gerstaecker, 1869
Coryphosima centralis Rehn, 1914
Coryphosima stenoptera Schaum, 1853African Common Grasshopper
Coryphosima stenoptera stenoptera Schaum, 1853African Common Grasshopper
Duronia chloronota Stål, 1876
Gymnobothroides keniensis Johnston, 1937
Gymnobothroides pullus Karny, 1917
Gymnobothroides pullus montanus Kevan, D.K.M., 1950
Gymnobothrus cruciatus Bolivar, 1889
Gymnobothrus gracilis Ramme, 1931
Gymnobothrus lineaalba Bolivar, 1889
Gymnobothrus meruensis Sjöstedt, 1929
Gymnobothrus rimulatus Karsch, 1896
Gymnobothrus temporalis Stål, 1876
Gymnobothrus temporalis temporalis Stål, 1876
Gymnobothrus variegatus Sjöstedt, 1933
Lobopoma ambages Karsch, 1896
Lobopoma robertsoni Popov & Fish..., 1992
Machaeridia conspersa Bolivar, 1889
Odontomelus auk Jago, 1995
Odontomelus brachypterus Gerstaecker, 1869Kilimanjaro Woodland Grasshopper
Odontomelus chyulu Jago, 1995
Odontomelus ixyonotus Jago, 1995
Odontomelus orophoides Jago, 1995
Odontomelus orophoides orophoides Jago, 1995
Odontomelus orophoides williamsi Jago, 1995
Odontomelus pallidus Sjöstedt, 1912
Odontomelus parabinervis Jago, 1995
Odontomelus phloiodes Jago, 1995Coastal Woodland Grasshopper
Odontomelus phloiodes binervis Jago, 1995
Odontomelus phloiodes phloiodes Jago, 1995
Odontomelus rudolfi Jago, 1995
Odontomelus scalatus Karsch, 1896
Odontomelus spodiopsis Jago, 1995
Orthochtha brachycnemis Karsch, 1893
Orthochtha brachycnemis brachycnemis Karsch, 1893
Orthochtha dasycnemis Gerstaecker, 1869
Orthochtha dasycnemis dasycnemis Gerstaecker, 1869
Orthochtha dimorpha Miller, 1929
Parga cyanoptera Uvarov, 1926
Parga musanae Sjöstedt, 1931
Phloeochopardia abbreviata Chopard, 1921
Phryganomelus romi Bolivar, 1908
Rastafaria amplificata Johnston, 1937
Rastafaria amplificata amplificata Johnston, H.B., 1937
Roduniella insipida Karsch, 1896
Truxalis annulata Thunberg, 1815
Truxalis bolivari Dirsh, 1950
Truxalis burtti Dirsh, 1950
Truxaloides serratus Thunberg, 1815
Uganda darlingtonae Ritchie, 1992

Subnodes of Acridinae with occurrences in Kenya
TribeAcridini
MacLeay, 1821
1
4
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeTruxalini
Serville, 1838
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom



Acridinae (MacLeay 1821)
Acridinae (MacLeay 1821)


Links, sources and further information
Acridinae at itis.gov