AntsAntsArachnidsArachnids
BeesBeesBeetlesBeetles
BookliceBookliceBugsBugs
BumblebeesBumblebeesButterfliesButterflies
CicadasCicadasCrane fliesCrane flies
DragonfliesDragonfliesEarwigsEarwigs
FliesFliesIsopodsIsopods
LocustsLocustsMantisesMantises
MayfliesMayfliesMosquitoesMosquitoes
MyriapodsMyriapodsNet-wingedNet-winged
Plant-parasiticPlant-parasiticScorpion fliesScorpion flies
TermitesTermitesWaspsWasps
INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT
Home Arthropoda Imprint Contact
TAXFAMGENSPESUB
Checklist for Subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae Kirby, 1902 (Bird grasshoppers)
and region Kenya (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
503
7105
22102
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
501
7100
22096
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
482
7015
21853
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
60
436
1014
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
19
234
473
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
8
141
290
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
8
141
290
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
3
114
231
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAcrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers
108
222
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyCyrtacanthacridinae
Kirby, 1902
Bird grasshoppers
10
16
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Kenya
10 Genera with 16 Species
Acanthacris Uvarov, 17873SpeciesTaxom
Anacridium Uvarov, 19075SpeciesTaxom
Bryophyma Uvarov, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Chondracris Uvarov, 17731SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtacanthacris Walker, 17583SpeciesTaxom
Kraussaria Uvarov, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Nomadacris Uvarov, 18391SpeciesTaxom
Ornithacris Uvarov, 18705SpeciesTaxom
Ritchiella Mungai, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Schistocerca Stål, 1775Bird grasshoppers2SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Kenya
16 Species and 8 Subspecies
Acanthacris deckeni Gerstaecker, 1869
Acanthacris ruficornis Fabricius, 1787
Acanthacris ruficornis ruficornis Fabricius, 1787Garden Locust
Anacridium melanorhodon Walker, 1870Sahelian tree locust
Anacridium melanorhodon arabafrum Dirsh & Uvarov, 1953Arabian tree locust
Anacridium melanorhodon melanorhodon Walker, 1870
Anacridium moestum Serville, 1838Tree Locust
Anacridium wernerellum Karny, 1907Sudan tree locust
Bryophyma debilis Karsch, 1896
Chondracris rosea De Geer, 1773
Cyrtacanthacris aeruginosa flavescens Walker, 1870
Cyrtacanthacris tatarica Linnaeus, 1758Yellow-backed grasshopper
Cyrtacanthacris tatarica tatarica Linnaeus, 1758
Kraussaria deckeni (Kevan, 1955)⇒ Acanthacris deckeni Gerstaecker, 1869
Nomadacris septemfasciata Serville, 1839Red Locust
Ornithacris cyanea Stoll, 1813
Ornithacris cyanea cyanea Stoll, 1813
Ornithacris pictula Walker, 1870
Ornithacris pictula magnifica Bolivar, 1882
Ornithacris turbida Walker, 1870
Ritchiella sanguinea Sjöstedt, 1912
Schistocerca gregaria Forskål, 1775Desert locust
Schistocerca gregaria gregaria Forskål, 1775Desert Locust

Subnodes of Cyrtacanthacridinae with occurrences in Kenya
TribeCyrtacanthacridini
Kirby, 1902
Giant Spur-throated Grasshoppers
4
7
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Cyrtacanthacridinae at artfakta.se
Cyrtacanthacridinae at itis.gov