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Checklist for Superfamily Acridoidea MacLeay, 1819
and region Kwale County (Coast Province, Kenya)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
84
307
430
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
84
307
430
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
72
279
378
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
8
17
15
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
4
9
8
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
2
7
6
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
2
7
6
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
1
6
5
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Kwale County
1 Family width 5 Species
Acrididae MacLeay, 1819Grasshoppers and locusts5SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Kwale County
6 Genera with 5 Species
Abisares Stål, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Aresceutica Karsch, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Humbe Bolivar, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Orthochtha Karsch, 1891
0SpeciesTaxom
Parepistaurus Karsch, 19981SpeciesTaxom
Schistocerca Stål, 1775Bird grasshoppers1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Kwale County
5 Species
Abisares viridipennis Burmeister, 1838
Aresceutica subnuda Karsch, 1896Usambara Dusky Grasshopper
Humbe tenuicornis Schaum, 1853
Parepistaurus pseudofelix Green, 1998
Schistocerca gregaria Forskål, 1775Desert locust

Subnodes of Acridoidea with occurrences in Kwale County
FamilyAcrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers, Shorthorned Grasshoppers
6
5
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Acridoidea at itis.gov