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Checklist for Tribe Cyrtacanthacridini Kirby, 1902 (Giant Spur-throated Grasshoppers)
and region Cameroon (Central Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
426
5797
18200
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
426
5797
18200
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
408
5716
17992
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
49
507
1065
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
17
302
562
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
8
163
290
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
7
161
288
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
1
122
221
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAcrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers
122
221
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyCyrtacanthacridinae
Kirby, 1902
Bird grasshoppers
13
19
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeCyrtacanthacridini
Kirby, 1902
Giant Spur-throated Grasshoppers
5
8
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Cameroon
5 Genera with 8 Species
Anacridium Uvarov, 19074SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtacanthacris Walker, 18135SpeciesTaxom
Nomadacris Uvarov, 18391SpeciesTaxom
Orthacanthacris Karsch, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Schistocerca Stål, 1775Bird grasshoppers1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cameroon
8 Species and 4 Subspecies
Anacridium illustrissimum Karsch, 1896
Anacridium melanorhodon Walker, 1870Sahelian tree locust
Anacridium melanorhodon melanorhodon Walker, 1870
Anacridium wernerellum Karny, 1907Sudan tree locust
Cyrtacanthacris aeruginosa Stoll, 1813
Cyrtacanthacris aeruginosa flavescens Walker, 1870
Cyrtacanthacris aeruginosa goldingi Uvarov, 1941
Cyrtacanthacris aeruginosa unicolor (Uvarov, 1924)⇒ Cyrtacanthacris aeruginosa flavescens Walker, 1870
Cyrtacanthacris lineata (Stoll, C., 1813)⇒ Acanthacris ruficornis ruficornis Fabricius, 1787
Nomadacris septemfasciata Serville, 1839Red Locust
Orthacanthacris humilicrus Karsch, 1896
Schistocerca gregaria Forskål, 1775Desert locust