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Checklist for Superfamily Acridoidea MacLeay, 1819
and region Mauritius (Indian Ocean islands)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
320
2218
3746
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
318
2216
3744
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
306
2167
3663
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
29
102
140
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
12
64
90
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
3
25
36
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
3
25
36
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
2
21
28
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Mauritius
2 Families width 28 Species and 1 Subspecies
Acrididae MacLeay, 1819Grasshoppers and locusts27SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgacrididae Kevan, 19741SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Mauritius
21 Genera with 28 Species
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Aiolopus Fieber, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Aphiocephalus Lacordaire, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Calliptamus Serville, 19112SpeciesTaxom
Chorthippus Fieber, 18255SpeciesTaxom
Chrysochraon Fischer-Wald..., 18311SpeciesTaxom
Euchorthippus Tarbinskij, 19402SpeciesTaxom
Eyprepocnemis Fieber, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Gomphocerippus Roberts, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Heteropternis Stål, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Meruana Delucchi, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Myrmeleotettix Bolivar, 18151SpeciesTaxom
Nomadacris Uvarov, 18391SpeciesTaxom
Odontomelus Bolivar, 20141SpeciesTaxom
Oedipoda Latreille, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Omocestus Bolivar, 18251SpeciesTaxom
Oxya Serville, 18312SpeciesTaxom
Pseudochorthippus Defaut, 18211SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgacris Descamps, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Sphingonotus Fieber, 17671SpeciesTaxom
Stenobothrus Fischer, 18382SpeciesTaxom
Stethophyma Fischer, 17581SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Mauritius
28 Species and 1 Subspecies
Aiolopus thalassinus Fabricius, 1781Australian aiolopus
Aphiocephalus limbatus Hustache, 1924
Calliptamus barbarus Costa, 1836Eurasian Pincer Grasshopper
Calliptamus italicus (Ikonnikov, 1911)⇒ Calliptamus abbreviatus Ikonnikov, 1913
Chorthippus (Chorthippus) albomarginatus De Geer, 1773Lesser marsh grasshopper
Chorthippus (Chorthippus) dorsatus (Zetterstedt, 1821)⇒ Chorthippus parallelus parallelus Zetterstedt, 1821
Chorthippus (Glyptobothrus) biguttulus Linnaeus, 1758Bow-winged Grasshopper
Chorthippus (Glyptobothrus) brunneus Thunberg, 1815Common Field Grasshopper
Chorthippus (Glyptobothrus) mollis Charpentier, 1825Lesser field grasshopper
Chrysochraon dispar Germar, 1831Gold Grasshopper
Euchorthippus declivus Brisout de B..., 1849Common Straw Grasshopper
Euchorthippus elegantulus Zeuner, 1940Elegant Straw Grasshopper
Eyprepocnemis smaragdipes Bruner, 1910
Gomphocerippus rufus Linnaeus, 1758Rufous grasshopper
Heteropternis pudica Serville, 1838
Meruana liriomyzae Boucek, 1988
Myrmeleotettix maculatus Thunberg, 1815Common Club Grasshopper
Nomadacris septemfasciata Serville, 1839Red Locust
Odontomelus ancestrus Hugel, 2014Round Island Grasshopper
Oedipoda caerulescens Linnaeus, 1758Blue Band-winged Grasshopper
Omocestus (Omocestus) haemorrhoidalis Charpentier, 1825Orange-tipped Grasshopper
Oxya hyla Serville, 1831
Oxya hyla hyla Serville, 1831Small rice grasshopper
Pseudochorthippus parallelus Zetterstedt, 1821Meadow Grasshopper
Pyrgacris relictus Descamps, 1968
Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) caerulans Linnaeus, 1767Blue-winged locust
Stenobothrus lineatus Panzer, 1796Lined grasshopper
Stenobothrus stigmaticus Rambur, 1838Lesser Mottled Grasshopper
Stethophyma grossum Linnaeus, 1758Large marsh grasshopper

Subnodes of Acridoidea with occurrences in Mauritius
FamilyAcrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers, Shorthorned Grasshoppers
20
27
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPyrgacrididae
Kevan, 1974
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Acridoidea at itis.gov