Checklist for Tribe Cyrtacanthacridini Kirby, 1902 (Giant Spur-throated Grasshoppers)
and region Nigeria (West Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 388
4495
12408 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 385
4491
12404 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 368
4385
12052 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 39
304
531 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas | 16
175
292 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers | 8
148
262 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
| 7
147
261 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
| 1
122
223 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Acrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers | 122
223 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Cyrtacanthacridinae
Kirby, 1902
Bird grasshoppers | 11
17 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Tribe | Cyrtacanthacridini
Kirby, 1902
Giant Spur-throated Grasshoppers | 5
8 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Nigeria
5 Genera with 8 Species
Species list for Nigeria
8 Species and 5 Subspecies | Anacridium melanorhodon Walker, 1870 | Sahelian tree locust | | Anacridium melanorhodon melanorhodon Walker, 1870 | | | Anacridium wernerellum Karny, 1907 | Sudan 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 tatarica Linnaeus, 1758 | Yellow-backed grasshopper | | Nomadacris septemfasciata Serville, 1839 | Red Locust | | Orthacanthacris humilicrus Karsch, 1896 | | | Schistocerca americana Drury, 1770 | American bird grasshopper | | Schistocerca gregaria Forskål, 1775 | Desert locust | | Schistocerca gregaria gregaria Forskål, 1775 | Desert Locust |
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