Checklist for Superfamily Acridoidea MacLeay, 1819
and region Southern Africa (Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 754
15371
60267 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 750
15333
60124 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 715
15096
59373 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 95
811
2249 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas | 35
480
1292 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers | 16
314
838 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
| 15
309
825 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
| 7
233
675 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Southern Africa
7 Families width 675 Species and 53 Subspecies
Subnodes of Acridoidea with occurrences in Southern Africa | Family | Acrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers, Shorthorned Grasshoppers | 169
409 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lathiceridae
Dirsh, 1954
| 3
4 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lentulidae
Dirsh, 1956
Lentulid Grasshoppers | 29
143 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lithidiidae
Dirsh, 1961
| 4
33 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pamphagidae
Burmeister, 1840
toad grasshopper, Toad grasshoppers | 23
80 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pamphagodidae
Bolivar, 1884
| 3
4 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Romaleidae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
lubber grasshopper, Lubber grasshoppers | 2
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Links, sources and further information Acridoidea at itis.gov
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