Checklist for Subfamily Acridinae MacLeay, 1821 (Silent slant-faced grasshoppers)
and region Malawi (East Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 327
3787
9641 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 327
3787
9641 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 308
3697
9443 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 32
175
294 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas | 14
81
120 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers | 8
57
75 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
| 8
57
75 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
| 3
43
54 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Acrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers | 38
49 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Acridinae
MacLeay, 1821
Silent slant-faced grasshoppers | 7
10 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Malawi
7 Genera with 10 Species
Species list for Malawi
10 Species and 3 Subspecies | Acrida sulphuripennis Gerstaecker, 1869 | | | Chokwea malawii Jago, 1983 | | | Glyphoclonus miripennis Karsch, 1896 | | | Gymnobothrus lineaalba Bolivar, 1889 | | | Gymnobothrus temporalis Stål, 1876 | | | Gymnobothrus temporalis temporalis Stål, 1876 | | | Odontomelus nyika Jago, 1995 | | | Orthochtha coeruleipes Popov & Fish..., 1992 | | | Orthochtha dasycnemis Gerstaecker, 1869 | | | Orthochtha dasycnemis dasycnemis Gerstaecker, 1869 | | | Orthochtha tunstalli Popov & Fish..., 1992 | | | Orthochtha tunstalli brachyptera Popov, G.B. ..., 1992 | | | Parga achromoptera Karsch, 1896 | |
Subnodes of Acridinae with occurrences in Malawi
 | | Acridinae (MacLeay 1821) |
Links, sources and further information Acridinae at itis.gov
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