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Checklist for Subfamily Acridinae MacLeay, 1821 (Silent slant-faced grasshoppers)
and region Zimbabwe (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
482
6547
17544
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
480
6543
17539
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
464
6450
17312
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
49
314
551
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
18
172
269
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
9
122
187
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
9
122
187
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
4
85
134
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAcrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers
76
120
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyAcridinae
MacLeay, 1821
Silent slant-faced grasshoppers
10
22
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Zimbabwe
10 Genera with 22 Species
Acrida Linnaeus, 17584SpeciesTaxom
Cannula I. Bolivar, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Coryphosima Karsch, 19492SpeciesTaxom
Duronia Stål, 18761SpeciesTaxom
Gymnobothrus Bolivar, 18764SpeciesTaxom
Machaeridia Stål, 1889Machaeridians1SpeciesTaxom
Orthochtha Karsch, 19124SpeciesTaxom
Parga Walker, 18553SpeciesTaxom
Truxalis Fabricius, 19501SpeciesTaxom
Truxaloides Dirsh, 18533SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Zimbabwe
22 Species and 3 Subspecies
Acrida acuminata Stål, 1873
Acrida bicolor Thunberg, 1815Long-headed grasshopper
Acrida sulphuripennis Gerstaecker, 1869
Acrida turrita Linnaeus, 1758Long-headed grasshopper
Cannula gracilis Burmeister, 1838Grass-mimicking Grasshopper
Coryphosima stenoptera Schaum, 1853African Common Grasshopper
Coryphosima vumbaensis Miller, 1949
Duronia chloronota Stål, 1876
Gymnobothrus flaviventris Uvarov, 1953
Gymnobothrus lineaalba Bolivar, 1889
Gymnobothrus temporalis Stål, 1876
Gymnobothrus temporalis temporalis Stål, 1876
Machaeridia conspersa Bolivar, 1889
Orthochtha dasycnemis Gerstaecker, 1869
Orthochtha dasycnemis dasycnemis Gerstaecker, 1869
Orthochtha dimorphipes Uvarov, 1953
Orthochtha nigricornis prasina Bolivar, 1912
Parga musanae Sjöstedt, 1931
Parga viridescens Sjöstedt, 1931
Parga xanthoptera (Stål, 1855)⇒ Parga musanae Sjöstedt, 1931
Truxalis burtti Dirsh, 1950
Truxaloides braziliensis Drury, 1770
Truxaloides coeruleipennis Ramme, 1929
Truxaloides constrictus Schaum, 1853

Subnodes of Acridinae with occurrences in Zimbabwe
TribeAcridini
MacLeay, 1821
1
4
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeTruxalini
Serville, 1838
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



Acridinae (MacLeay 1821)
Acridinae (MacLeay 1821)


Links, sources and further information
Acridinae at itis.gov