Checklist for Superfamily Acridoidea MacLeay, 1819
and region Cape (Republic South Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 630
8507
21838 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 628
8495
21797 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 600
8347
21509 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 73
439
938 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas | 31
293
617 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers | 14
202
434 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
| 13
198
431 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
| 6
151
361 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Cape
6 Families width 361 Species and 13 Subspecies
Subnodes of Acridoidea with occurrences in Cape | Family | Acrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers, Shorthorned Grasshoppers | 109
212 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lathiceridae
Dirsh, 1954
| 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lentulidae
Dirsh, 1956
Lentulid Grasshoppers | 20
87 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lithidiidae
Dirsh, 1961
| 2
9 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pamphagidae
Burmeister, 1840
toad grasshopper, Toad grasshoppers | 18
51 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Romaleidae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
lubber grasshopper, Lubber grasshoppers | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
|
Links, sources and further information Acridoidea at itis.gov
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