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Checklist for Superfamily Acridoidea MacLeay, 1819
and region Cape of Good Hope (Cape Peninsula)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
153
532
761
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
153
532
761
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
150
529
758
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
10
19
22
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
5
14
16
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
4
12
13
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
4
12
13
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
2
9
10
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Cape of Good Hope
2 Families width 10 Species and 2 Subspecies
Acrididae MacLeay, 1819Grasshoppers and locusts8SpeciesTaxom
Pamphagidae Burmeister, 1840Toad grasshopper2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Cape of Good Hope
9 Genera with 10 Species
Abisares Stål, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Chondracris Uvarov, 17731SpeciesTaxom
Choroedocus Bolivar, 18151SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtacanthacris Walker, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Lamarckiana Kirby, 18131SpeciesTaxom
Melanoplus Stål, 1963Spur-throat grasshoppers1SpeciesTaxom
Pamphagus Thunberg, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Truxalis Fabricius, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Tylotropidius Stål, 18151SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape of Good Hope
10 Species and 2 Subspecies
Abisares viridipennis hylaeus Rehn, J.A.G., 1914
Chondracris rosea De Geer, 1773
Choroedocus capensis Thunberg, 1815
Cyrtacanthacris aeruginosa aeruginosa Stoll, 1813
Cyrtacanthacris tatarica Linnaeus, 1758Yellow-backed grasshopper
Lamarckiana cucullata Stoll, 1813
Melanoplus elater Strohecker, 1963
Pamphagus elephas Linnaeus, 1758
Truxalis nasuta (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Truxalis viridifasciata Krauss, 1902
Tylotropidius didymus Thunberg, 1815

Subnodes of Acridoidea with occurrences in Cape of Good Hope
FamilyAcrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers, Shorthorned Grasshoppers
7
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPamphagidae
Burmeister, 1840
toad grasshopper, Toad grasshoppers
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Acridoidea at itis.gov