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Checklist for Superfamily Acridoidea MacLeay, 1819
and region Nairobi (Kenya)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
172
803
1105
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
172
803
1105
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
164
771
1056
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
16
30
29
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
6
17
17
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
3
13
13
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
3
13
13
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
1
9
9
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Nairobi
1 Family width 9 Species and 1 Subspecies
Acrididae MacLeay, 1819Grasshoppers and locusts9SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Nairobi
9 Genera with 9 Species
Abisares Stål, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Acanthacris Uvarov, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Coryphosima Karsch, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtacanthacris Walker, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Gymnobothrus Bolivar, 19311SpeciesTaxom
Heteracris Walker, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Meruana Delucchi, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Morphacris Walker, 18151SpeciesTaxom
Schistocerca Stål, 1775Bird grasshoppers1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Nairobi
9 Species and 1 Subspecies
Abisares viridipennis Burmeister, 1838
Acanthacris ruficornis Fabricius, 1787
Coryphosima stenoptera Schaum, 1853African Common Grasshopper
Cyrtacanthacris tatarica Linnaeus, 1758Yellow-backed grasshopper
Cyrtacanthacris tatarica tatarica Linnaeus, 1758
Gymnobothrus gracilis Ramme, 1931
Heteracris brevipennis Bolivar, 1914
Meruana liriomyzae Boucek, 1988
Morphacris fasciata Thunberg, 1815
Schistocerca gregaria Forskål, 1775Desert locust

Subnodes of Acridoidea with occurrences in Nairobi
FamilyAcrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers, Shorthorned Grasshoppers
9
9
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Acridoidea at itis.gov