Checklist for Subfamily Acridinae MacLeay, 1821 (Silent slant-faced grasshoppers)
and region Nigeria (West Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 388
4495
12408 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 385
4491
12404 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 368
4385
12052 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 39
304
531 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas | 16
175
292 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers | 8
148
262 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
| 7
147
261 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
| 1
122
223 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Acrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers | 122
223 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Acridinae
MacLeay, 1821
Silent slant-faced grasshoppers | 20
39 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Nigeria
20 Genera with 39 Species | Acrida Linnaeus, 1758 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Acridarachnea Bolívar, I., 1908 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Calephorus Fieber, 1804 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cannula I. Bolivar, 1910 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Chirista Karsch, 1870 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Coryphosima Karsch, 1853 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Duronia Stål, 1876 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Glyphoclonus Karsch, 1896 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gymnobothrus Bolivar, 1876 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Holopercna Karsch, 1890 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Machaeridia Stål, 1873 | Machaeridians | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ocnocerus Bolivar, 1893 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Odontomelus Bolivar, 1929 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Orthochtha Karsch, 1929 | | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Parga Walker, 1926 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhabdoplea Karsch, 1893 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sherifuria Uvarov, 1926 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Truxalis Fabricius, 1902 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Truxaloides Dirsh, 1951 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Zacompsa Karsch, 1893 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Nigeria
39 Species and 8 Subspecies | Acrida bicolor Thunberg, 1815 | Long-headed grasshopper | | Acrida confusa Dirsh, 1954 | | | Acrida sulphuripennis Gerstaecker, 1869 | | | Acrida turrita Linnaeus, 1758 | Long-headed grasshopper | | Acridarachnea ophthalmica Bolívar, I., 1908 | | | Calephorus compressicornis Latreille, 1804 | | | Cannula gracilis Burmeister, 1838 | Grass-mimicking Grasshopper | | Cannula karschi Kirby, 1910 | | | Chirista compta Walker, 1870 | | | Chirista compta compta Walker, 1870 | | | Coryphosima stenoptera Schaum, 1853 | African Common Grasshopper | | Coryphosima stenoptera stenoptera Schaum, 1853 | African Common Grasshopper | | Duronia chloronota Stål, 1876 | | | Glyphoclonus miripennis Karsch, 1896 | | | Gymnobothrus ephippinotus Jago, 1966 | | | Gymnobothrus lineaalba Bolivar, 1889 | | | Gymnobothrus longicornis Ramme, 1931 | | | Gymnobothrus temporalis Stål, 1876 | | | Gymnobothrus temporalis temporalis Stål, 1876 | | | Holopercna gerstaeckerii Bolivar, 1890 | | | Machaeridia bilineata Stål, 1873 | | | Ocnocerus diabolicus Karsch, 1893 | | | Odontomelus scalatus Karsch, 1896 | | | Odontomelus scalatus scalatus Karsch, 1896 | | | Odontomelus togoensis Ramme, 1929 | | | Orthochtha ampla Sjöstedt, 1931 | | | Orthochtha brachycnemis Karsch, 1893 | | | Orthochtha brachycnemis brachycnemis Karsch, 1893 | | | Orthochtha dasycnemis Gerstaecker, 1869 | | | Orthochtha dasycnemis bisulcata Krauss, 1877 | | | Orthochtha nigricornis Karsch, 1893 | | | Orthochtha nigricornis nigricornis Karsch, 1893 | | | Orthochtha pulchripes Popov & Fish..., 1992 | | | Orthochtha sudanica Popov & Fish..., 1988 | | | Orthochtha venosa Ramme, 1929 | | | Parga cyanoptera Uvarov, 1926 | | | Rhabdoplea munda Karsch, 1893 | | | Sherifuria haningtoni Uvarov, 1926 | | | Truxalis grandis Klug, 1830 | | | Truxalis johnstoni Dirsh, 1950 | | | Truxalis longicornis Krauss, 1902 | | | Truxalis nasuta (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Truxalis viridifasciata Krauss, 1902 | | Truxalis procera Klug, 1830 | | | Truxalis viridifasciata Krauss, 1902 | | | Truxaloides braziliensis Drury, 1770 | | | Truxaloides braziliensis eos Dirsh, 1951 | | | Zacompsa festa Karsch, 1893 | |
Subnodes of Acridinae with occurrences in Nigeria
 | | Acridinae (MacLeay 1821) |
Links, sources and further information Acridinae at itis.gov
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