Checklist for Subfamily Acridinae MacLeay, 1821 (Silent slant-faced grasshoppers)
and region Western Cape (Cape)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 528
5425
11871 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 526
5418
11860 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 502
5315
11672 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 51
234
367 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas | 24
164
254 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers | 10
116
178 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
| 9
115
177 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
| 4
95
146 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Acrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers | 68
100 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Acridinae
MacLeay, 1821
Silent slant-faced grasshoppers | 7
12 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Western Cape
7 Genera with 12 Species
Species list for Western Cape
12 Species | Acrida acuminata Stål, 1873 | | | Acrida gigantea Herbst, 1786 | | | Acrida sulphuripennis Gerstaecker, 1869 | | | Acrida turrita Linnaeus, 1758 | Long-headed grasshopper | | Anaeolopus dorsalis Thunberg, 1815 | | | Duronia chloronota Stål, 1876 | | | Gymnobothrus carinatus Uvarov, 1941 | | | Gymnobothrus temporalis Stål, 1876 | | | Keya capicola Uvarov, 1941 | | | Truxalis nasuta (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Truxalis viridifasciata Krauss, 1902 | | Truxaloides braziliensis Drury, 1770 | | | Truxaloides serratus Thunberg, 1815 | |
Subnodes of Acridinae with occurrences in Western Cape
 | | Acridinae (MacLeay 1821) |
Links, sources and further information Acridinae at itis.gov
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