Checklist for Superfamily Acridoidea MacLeay, 1819
and region Africa (Continents)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 943
36180
241410 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 939
36100
241106 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 896
35668
239021 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 142
2517
10595 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas | 51
1612
6281 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers | 25
957
3543 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
| 23
946
3490 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
| 11
644
2463 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Africa
11 Families width 2463 Species and 329 Subspecies | Acrididae MacLeay, 1819 | Grasshoppers and locusts | 1981 | Species | Taxom | | Dericorythidae Jacobson & B..., 1902 | | 18 | Species | Taxom | | Lathiceridae Dirsh, 1954 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Lentulidae Dirsh, 1956 | Lentulid Grasshoppers | 189 | Species | Taxom | | Lithidiidae Dirsh, 1961 | | 33 | Species | Taxom | | Ommexechidae Bolivar, 1884 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pamphagidae Burmeister, 1840 | Toad grasshopper | 213 | Species | Taxom | | Pamphagodidae Bolivar, 1884 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Pyrgacrididae Kevan, 1974 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Romaleidae Brunner von ..., 1893 | Lubber grasshopper | 14 | Species | Taxom | | Tristiridae Rehn, 1906 | | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Acridoidea with occurrences in Africa | Family | Acrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers, Shorthorned Grasshoppers | 525
1981 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Dericorythidae
Jacobson & Bianchi, 1902
| 5
18 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lathiceridae
Dirsh, 1954
| 3
4 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lentulidae
Dirsh, 1956
Lentulid Grasshoppers | 38
189 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lithidiidae
Dirsh, 1961
| 4
33 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Ommexechidae
Bolivar, 1884
| 2
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pamphagidae
Burmeister, 1840
toad grasshopper, Toad grasshoppers | 48
213 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pamphagodidae
Bolivar, 1884
| 4
5 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pyrgacrididae
Kevan, 1974
| 1
2 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Romaleidae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
lubber grasshopper, Lubber grasshoppers | 13
14 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Tristiridae
Rehn, 1906
| 1
2 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
|
Links, sources and further information Acridoidea at itis.gov
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