Checklist for Subfamily Acridinae MacLeay, 1821 (Silent slant-faced grasshoppers)
and region Sri Lanka (South Asia)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 527
6198
14500 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 524
6193
14493 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 502
6089
14260 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 62
427
804 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas | 21
235
432 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers | 8
98
164 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
| 7
96
148 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
| 3
57
76 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Acrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers | 55
74 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Acridinae
MacLeay, 1821
Silent slant-faced grasshoppers | 7
9 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Sri Lanka
7 Genera with 9 Species
Species list for Sri Lanka
9 Species | Acrida exaltata Walker, 1859 | Giant slant-faced grasshopper | | Paraduronia simoni Bolivar, 1902 | | | Paraphlaeoba ceylonica Ramme, 1941 | | | Paraphlaeoba simoni (Bolivar, 1902) | ⇒ Rhaphotittha simoni Bolívar, I., 1902 | | Pseudophlaeoba henryi Bolivar, 1914 | | | Urugalla pearsoni Uvarov, 1927 | | | Wellawaya greeni Uvarov, 1927 | | | Zygophlaeoba bolivari Henry, 1933 | | | Zygophlaeoba varicornis Henry, 1933 | |
Subnodes of Acridinae with occurrences in Sri Lanka
 | | Acridinae (MacLeay 1821) |
Links, sources and further information Acridinae at itis.gov
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