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Checklist for Subfamily Eyprepocnemidinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
and region Kenya (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
503
7105
22102
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
501
7100
22096
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
482
7015
21853
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
60
436
1014
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
19
234
473
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
8
141
290
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
8
141
290
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
3
114
231
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAcrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers
108
222
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyEyprepocnemidinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
8
15
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Kenya
8 Genera with 15 Species
Cataloipus Bolívar, I., 18944SpeciesTaxom
Eyprepocnemis Fieber, 18257SpeciesTaxom
Heteracris Walker, 18536SpeciesTaxom
Metaxymecus Karsch, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Oxyaeida Bolivar, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Paraprocticus Grunshaw, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Taramassus Giglio-Tos, 19394SpeciesTaxom
Tropidiopsis Bolivar, 19141SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Kenya
15 Species and 10 Subspecies
Cataloipus cognatus Walker, 1870
Cataloipus oberthuri Bolivar, 1890
Cataloipus oberthuri oberthuri Bolivar, 1890
Cataloipus oberthuri somali Schulthess S..., 1894
Eyprepocnemis keniensis Johnston, 1937
Eyprepocnemis montigena Johnston, 1937
Eyprepocnemis montigena montigena Johnston, H.B., 1937
Eyprepocnemis montigena samburu Kevan, D.K.M., 1967
Eyprepocnemis plorans Charpentier, 1825Lamenting Grasshopper
Eyprepocnemis plorans ibandana Giglio-Tos, 1907
Eyprepocnemis plorans plorans Charpentier, 1825
Heteracris brevipennis Bolivar, 1914
Heteracris brevipennis brevipennis Bolivar, 1914
Heteracris brevipennis laticercus Uvarov & Som..., 1941
Heteracris brevipennis nyambeniensis Grunshaw, 1991
Heteracris coerulescens Stål, 1876
Heteracris pulchripes Schaum, 1853
Metaxymecus gracilipes Brancsik, 1895
Oxyaeida poultoni Ramme, 1929
Paraprocticus pendulus Karsch, 1896
Taramassus cunctator Karsch, 1900
Taramassus cunctator flabellatus Ramme, 1931
Taramassus phyllocerus Ramme, 1929
Taramassus zavattarii Salfi, 1939
Tropidiopsis alluaudi Bolivar, 1914

Subnodes of Eyprepocnemidinae with occurrences in Kenya
TribeEyprepocnemidini
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
2
6
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Eyprepocnemidinae at itis.gov