Checklist for Subfamily Acridinae MacLeay, 1821 (Silent slant-faced grasshoppers)
and region Zambia (East Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 333
3740
9137 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 331
3738
9135 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 309
3639
8842 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 38
238
362 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas | 15
136
189 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers | 8
102
150 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
| 8
102
150 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
| 3
73
112 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Acrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers | 68
105 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Acridinae
MacLeay, 1821
Silent slant-faced grasshoppers | 12
22 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Zambia
12 Genera with 22 Species | Acrida Linnaeus, 1758 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cannula I. Bolivar, 1838 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chokwea Uvarov, 1953 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gymnobothrus Bolivar, 1876 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Odontomelus Bolivar, 1995 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Orthochtha Karsch, 1912 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Parga Walker, 1931 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Platyverticula Jago, 1983 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sumba Bolivar, 1912 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tenuihippus Willemse, 1994 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Truxalis Fabricius, 1950 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Zambiacris Johnsen, 1983 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Zambia
22 Species and 5 Subspecies | Acrida sulphuripennis Gerstaecker, 1869 | | | Acrida turrita Linnaeus, 1758 | Long-headed grasshopper | | Cannula gracilis Burmeister, 1838 | Grass-mimicking Grasshopper | | Chokwea bredoi Uvarov, 1953 | | | Gymnobothrus anchietae Bolivar, 1889 | | | Gymnobothrus cruciatus Bolivar, 1889 | | | Gymnobothrus flaviventris Uvarov, 1953 | | | Gymnobothrus lineaalba Bolivar, 1889 | | | Gymnobothrus temporalis Stål, 1876 | | | Gymnobothrus temporalis temporalis Stål, 1876 | | | Odontomelus cytidonotus Jago, 1995 | | | Odontomelus scalatus Karsch, 1896 | | | Odontomelus scalatus scalatus Karsch, 1896 | | | Odontomelus zambiensis Jago, 1995 | | | Orthochtha angusticornis Popov & Fish..., 1992 | | | Orthochtha angusticornis zambiae Popov, G.B. ..., 1992 | | | Orthochtha dasycnemis Gerstaecker, 1869 | | | Orthochtha dasycnemis dasycnemis Gerstaecker, 1869 | | | Orthochtha dimorphipes Uvarov, 1953 | | | Orthochtha nigricornis Karsch, 1893 | | | Orthochtha nigricornis prasina Bolivar, 1912 | | | Parga viridescens Sjöstedt, 1931 | | | Platyverticula eucteana Jago, 1983 | | | Sumba roseipennis Bolivar, 1912 | | | Tenuihippus parvus Willemse, 1994 | | | Truxalis burtti Dirsh, 1950 | | | Zambiacris townsendi Johnsen, 1983 | |
Subnodes of Acridinae with occurrences in Zambia
 | | Acridinae (MacLeay 1821) |
Links, sources and further information Acridinae at itis.gov
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