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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
527
6198
14500
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
524
6193
14493
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
502
6089
14260
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
62
427
804
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
21
235
432
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
8
98
164
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
7
96
148
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
3
57
76
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAcrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers
55
74
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyCyrtacanthacridinae
Kirby, 1902
Bird grasshoppers
3
2
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeCyrtacanthacridini
Kirby, 1902
Giant Spur-throated Grasshoppers
3
2
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Sri Lanka
3 Genera with 2 Species
Anacridium Uvarov, 1923
0SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtacanthacris Walker, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Patanga Uvarov, 17631SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Sri Lanka
2 Species and 1 Subspecies
Cyrtacanthacris tatarica Linnaeus, 1758Yellow-backed grasshopper
Cyrtacanthacris tatarica tatarica Linnaeus, 1758
Patanga succincta Johannson, 1763Bombay locust