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Checklist for Superfamily Acridoidea MacLeay, 1819
and region Pietermaritzburg (Msunduzi)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
204
750
948
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
204
750
948
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
192
728
926
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
12
24
20
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
6
14
10
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
3
11
8
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
3
11
8
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
2
10
7
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Pietermaritzburg
2 Families width 7 Species and 1 Subspecies
Acrididae MacLeay, 1819Grasshoppers and locusts7SpeciesTaxom
Pamphagidae Burmeister, 1840Toad grasshopper0SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Pietermaritzburg
10 Genera with 7 Species
Abisares Stål, 19142SpeciesTaxom
Acrida Linnaeus, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Aiolopus Fieber, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Anthermus Stål, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtacanthacris Walker, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Lobosceliana Dirsh, 1958
0SpeciesTaxom
Oedaleus Fieber, 1853
0SpeciesTaxom
Paracinema Fischer, 1853
0SpeciesTaxom
Parga Walker, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Phaeocatantops Dirsh, 18701SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Pietermaritzburg
7 Species and 1 Subspecies
Abisares viridipennis Burmeister, 1838
Abisares viridipennis hylaeus Rehn, J.A.G., 1914
Acrida acuminata Stål, 1873
Aiolopus thalassinus Fabricius, 1781Australian aiolopus
Anthermus granosus Stål, 1878
Cyrtacanthacris tatarica Linnaeus, 1758Yellow-backed grasshopper
Parga xanthoptera (Stål, 1855)⇒ Parga musanae Sjöstedt, 1931
Phaeocatantops sulphureus Walker, 1870

Subnodes of Acridoidea with occurrences in Pietermaritzburg
FamilyAcrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers, Shorthorned Grasshoppers
9
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPamphagidae
Burmeister, 1840
toad grasshopper, Toad grasshoppers
1
0
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Acridoidea at itis.gov