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Checklist for Suborder Ensifera Lesson, 1843 (Locusts)
and region Namaqualand (Southern Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
148
717
1239
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
148
717
1239
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
145
712
1235
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
15
53
52
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
12
49
48
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Ensifera
Lesson, 1843
Locusts, Long-horned grasshoppers, Long-horned Orthoptera
4
6
5
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Namaqualand
4 Families width 5 Species
Tettigoniidae Krauss, 1902Bush crickets2SpeciesTaxom
Gryllotalpidae Saussure, 1870Mole cricket1SpeciesTaxom
Gryllidae Bolivar, 1878Crickets2SpeciesTaxom
Anostostomatidae Saussure, 1859Wetas & King Crickets0SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Namaqualand
6 Genera with 5 Species
Clonia Stål, 19711SpeciesTaxom
Gryllotalpa Latreille, 1758Seven-spurred mole crickets1SpeciesTaxom
Gryllus Linnaeus, 1773Common crickets1SpeciesTaxom
Hemihetrodes Pictet, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Henicus Gray, 1837
0SpeciesTaxom
Macrogryllus Saussure, 18691SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Namaqualand
5 Species
Clonia (Leptoclonia) vansoni Kaltenbach, 1971Van Son's Wavy Clonia
Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa Linnaeus, 1758European mole cricket
Gryllus (Gryllus) bimaculatus (De Geer, 1773)⇒ Pternoscirta bimaculata Thunberg, 1815
Hemihetrodes bachmanni Karsch, 1887Bachmann's Armoured Katydid
Macrogryllus consocius Walker, 1869

Subnodes of Ensifera with occurrences in Namaqualand
InfraorderGryllidea
Latreille, 1802
2
3
3
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderTettigoniidea
Stol, 1788
Katydids and Camel Crickets
2
3
2
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



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