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Checklist for Tribe Cyrtacanthacridini Kirby, 1902 (Giant Spur-throated Grasshoppers)
and region India (South Asia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
703
14141
56254
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
699
14132
56242
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
662
13883
55452
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
80
830
2265
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
27
449
1093
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
11
245
543
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
10
241
528
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
5
168
309
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAcrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers
162
301
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyCyrtacanthacridinae
Kirby, 1902
Bird grasshoppers
5
9
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeCyrtacanthacridini
Kirby, 1902
Giant Spur-throated Grasshoppers
4
8
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for India
4 Genera with 8 Species
Anacridium Uvarov, 17931SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtacanthacris Walker, 17584SpeciesTaxom
Patanga Uvarov, 17632SpeciesTaxom
Schistocerca Stål, 1899Bird grasshoppers3SpeciesTaxom


Species list for India
8 Species and 3 Subspecies
Anacridium flavescens Fabricius, 1793
Cyrtacanthacris aeruginosa flavescens Walker, 1870
Cyrtacanthacris aeruginosa unicolor (Uvarov, 1924)⇒ Cyrtacanthacris aeruginosa flavescens Walker, 1870
Cyrtacanthacris tatarica Linnaeus, 1758Yellow-backed grasshopper
Cyrtacanthacris tatarica tatarica Linnaeus, 1758
Patanga japonica Bolivar, 1898
Patanga succincta Johannson, 1763Bombay locust
Schistocerca damnifica Saussure, 1861Mischievous bird grasshopper
Schistocerca gregaria Forskål, 1775Desert locust
Schistocerca lineata (Scudder, 1899)⇒ Schistocerca alutacea Harris, 1841