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Checklist for Superfamily Acridoidea MacLeay, 1819
and region Central Karoo (Western Cape)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
147
552
730
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
146
551
730
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
140
542
715
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
10
26
26
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
7
23
24
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
4
19
20
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
4
19
20
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
3
17
18
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Central Karoo
3 Families width 18 Species and 1 Subspecies
Acrididae MacLeay, 1819Grasshoppers and locusts6SpeciesTaxom
Pamphagidae Burmeister, 1840Toad grasshopper11SpeciesTaxom
Lentulidae Dirsh, 1956Lentulid Grasshoppers1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Central Karoo
17 Genera with 18 Species
Abisares Stål, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Acrotylus Fieber, 1853
burrowing grasshoppers0SpeciesTaxom
Adephagus Saussure, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Anaeolopus Uvarov, 1922
0SpeciesTaxom
Batrachotetrix Burmeister, 18844SpeciesTaxom
Hoplolopha Stål, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Karruia Rehn, 19451SpeciesTaxom
Lamarckiana Kirby, 18762SpeciesTaxom
Pachyphymus Uvarov, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Pagopedilum Karsch, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Paragymnobothrus Karny, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Plegmapterus Martínez y F..., 19561SpeciesTaxom
Porthetis Serville, 1831
0SpeciesTaxom
Scintharista Saussure, 18732SpeciesTaxom
Sphingonotus Fieber, 1852
0SpeciesTaxom
Stolliana Bolivar, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Trachypetrella Kirby, 18751SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Central Karoo
18 Species and 1 Subspecies
Abisares viridipennis hylaeus Rehn, J.A.G., 1914
Adephagus cristatus Burmeister, 1838
Batrachotetrix acutus Saussure, 1888
Batrachotetrix peringueyi Saussure, 1888
Batrachotetrix scutigera Walker, 1870
Batrachotetrix stolli Saussure, 1884
Hoplolopha reflexa Walker, 1870
Karruia paradoxa Rehn, 1945
Lamarckiana cucullata Stoll, 1813
Lamarckiana sparrmani Stål, 1876
Pachyphymus cristulifer Serville, 1838Ridgebacked Agile Grasshopper
Pagopedilum bradyanum Saussure, 1887
Paragymnobothrus rufipes Uvarov, 1925
Plegmapterus splendens Dirsh, 1956Pink Agile Grasshopper
Scintharista magnifica Uvarov, 1922
Scintharista saucia Stål, 1873
Stolliana angusticornis Dirsh, 1958
Trachypetrella anderssonii Stål, 1875

Subnodes of Acridoidea with occurrences in Central Karoo
FamilyAcrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers, Shorthorned Grasshoppers
8
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyLentulidae
Dirsh, 1956
Lentulid Grasshoppers
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyPamphagidae
Burmeister, 1840
toad grasshopper, Toad grasshoppers
8
11
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Acridoidea at itis.gov