Checklist for Subfamily Acridinae MacLeay, 1821 (Silent slant-faced grasshoppers)
and region Lesotho (Southern Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 288
1986
3848 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 287
1983
3844 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 273
1955
3809 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 38
218
398 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas | 20
162
258 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers | 8
115
187 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
| 7
113
185 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
| 3
87
146 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Acrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers | 58
96 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Acridinae
MacLeay, 1821
Silent slant-faced grasshoppers | 9
11 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Lesotho
9 Genera with 11 Species
Species list for Lesotho
11 Species and 2 Subspecies | Acrida gigantea Herbst, 1786 | | | Acrida sulphuripennis Gerstaecker, 1869 | | | 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 lineaalba Bolivar, 1889 | | | Keya capicola Uvarov, 1941 | | | Orthochtha dasycnemis Gerstaecker, 1869 | | | Orthochtha dasycnemis dasycnemis Gerstaecker, 1869 | |
Subnodes of Acridinae with occurrences in Lesotho
 | | Acridinae (MacLeay 1821) |
Links, sources and further information Acridinae at itis.gov
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