Checklist for Subfamily Acridinae MacLeay, 1821 (Silent slant-faced grasshoppers)
and region Niger (West Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 187
1182
2149 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 187
1182
2149 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 174
1150
2105 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 22
119
180 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas | 8
89
138 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers | 4
84
134 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
| 4
84
134 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
| 1
76
125 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Acrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers | 76
125 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Acridinae
MacLeay, 1821
Silent slant-faced grasshoppers | 13
20 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Niger
13 Genera with 20 Species | Acrida Linnaeus, 1758 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Acridarachnea Bolívar, I., 1908 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Calephorus Fieber, 1804 | | 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 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Odontomelus Bolivar, 1896 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Orthochtha Karsch, 1929 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Parga Walker, 1926 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sherifuria Uvarov, 1926 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Truxalis Fabricius, 1830 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Zacompsa Karsch, 1893 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Niger
20 Species and 4 Subspecies | Acrida bicolor Thunberg, 1815 | Long-headed grasshopper | | Acrida turrita Linnaeus, 1758 | Long-headed grasshopper | | Acridarachnea ophthalmica Bolívar, I., 1908 | | | Calephorus compressicornis Latreille, 1804 | | | 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 temporalis Stål, 1876 | | | Gymnobothrus temporalis temporalis Stål, 1876 | | | Odontomelus scalatus Karsch, 1896 | | | Odontomelus scalatus scalatus Karsch, 1896 | | | Orthochtha ampla Sjöstedt, 1931 | | | Orthochtha dasycnemis Gerstaecker, 1869 | | | Orthochtha dasycnemis bisulcata Krauss, 1877 | | | Orthochtha sudanica Popov & Fish..., 1988 | | | Orthochtha venosa Ramme, 1929 | | | Parga cyanoptera Uvarov, 1926 | | | Sherifuria haningtoni Uvarov, 1926 | | | Truxalis johnstoni Dirsh, 1950 | | | Truxalis longicornis Krauss, 1902 | | | Truxalis nasuta (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Truxalis viridifasciata Krauss, 1902 | | Truxalis procera Klug, 1830 | | | Zacompsa festa Karsch, 1893 | |
Subnodes of Acridinae with occurrences in Niger
 | | Acridinae (MacLeay 1821) |
Links, sources and further information Acridinae at itis.gov
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