Checklist for Superfamily Grylloidea Laicharding, 1781 (Crickets)
and region Africa (Continents)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 943
36180
241410 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 939
36100
241106 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 896
35668
239021 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 142
2517
10595 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas | 51
1612
6281 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Ensifera
Lesson, 1843
Locusts, Long-horned grasshoppers, Long-horned Orthoptera | 26
655
2738 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Gryllidea
Latreille, 1802
| 12
230
1097 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Grylloidea
Laicharding, 1781
Crickets | 10
225
1060 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Africa
10 Families width 1060 Species and 72 Subspecies | Eneopteridae (Saussure, 1893) | Bush cricket | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Gryllidae Bolivar, 1878 | Crickets | 647 | Species | Taxom | | Mogoplistidae Saussure, 1877 | Scaly cricket | 62 | Species | Taxom | | Myrmecophilidae Saussure, 1874 | Ant cricket | 14 | Species | Taxom | | Oecanthidae (Blanchard, 1845) | Tree cricket | 25 | Species | Taxom | | Paragryllidae (Desutter-Gra..., 1987) | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Phalangopsidae (Chopard, 1949) | Spider cricket | 16 | Species | Taxom | | Podoscirtidae Saussure, 1878 | | 139 | Species | Taxom | | Pteroplistidae (Chopard, 1936) | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Trigonidiidae (Saussure, 1870) | And Ground Crickets | 140 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Grylloidea with occurrences in Africa | Family | Eneopteridae
Saussure, 1893
bush cricket | 5
11 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Gryllidae
Bolivar, 1878
Crickets, Tree crickets, True Crickets | 102
647 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Mogoplistidae
Saussure, 1877
scaly cricket, Scaly crickets | 11
62 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Myrmecophilidae
Saussure, 1874
Ant cricket, Ant crickets, ant-loving cricket, Ant-loving crickets | 4
14 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Oecanthidae
Blanchard, 1845
tree cricket | 4
25 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Paragryllidae
Desutter-Grandcolas, 1987
| 2
5 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Phalangopsidae
Chopard, 1949
spider cricket | 12
16 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Podoscirtidae
Saussure, 1878
| 51
139 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pteroplistidae
Chopard, 1936
| 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Trigonidiidae
Saussure, 1870
And Ground Crickets, Sword-Tailed Crickets, Trigs | 33
140 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
 | | Grylloidea (Laicharding 1781) |
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