Checklist for Superfamily Grylloidea Laicharding, 1781 (Crickets)
and region Cape (Republic South Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 630
8507
21838 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 628
8495
21797 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 600
8347
21509 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 73
439
938 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas | 31
293
617 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Ensifera
Lesson, 1843
Locusts, Long-horned grasshoppers, Long-horned Orthoptera | 17
91
183 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Gryllidea
Latreille, 1802
| 7
21
31 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Grylloidea
Laicharding, 1781
Crickets | 6
20
27 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Cape
6 Families width 27 Species and 1 Subspecies
Genera for Cape
20 Genera with 27 Species | Acanthogryllus Saussure, 1869 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Acanthoplistus Saussure, 1988 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Allonemobius Hebard, 1773 | Robust ground crickets | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cophogryllus Saussure, 1987 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Damaracheta Otte, 1987 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Endecous Saussure, 1891 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Grylloderes Bolivar, 1984 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gryllodes de Saussure, 1869 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gryllus Linnaeus, 1773 | Common crickets | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gymnogryllus de Saussure, 1955 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Hapithus Uhler, 1864 | Flightless bush crickets | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Homoeogryllus Guérin-Ménev..., 1781 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Macrogryllus Saussure, 1869 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Modicogryllus Chopard, 1955 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oecanthus Serville, 1932 | Common tree crickets | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Paroecanthus Saussure, 2011 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Prolandreva Gorochov, 2005 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Taciturna Otte, 1987 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Trigonidium Audinet-Serv..., 1869 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Velarifictorus Randell, 1955 | | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Cape
27 Species and 1 Subspecies | Acanthogryllus fortipes Walker, 1869 | | | Acanthoplistus africanus Gorochov, 1988 | | | Allonemobius fasciatus De Geer, 1773 | Striped ground cricket | | Cophogryllus maculatus Chopard, 1955 | | | Cophogryllus simonsi Otte, 1987 | | | Damaracheta capensis Otte, 1987 | | | Endecous (Notendecous) onthophagus Berg, 1891 | | | Grylloderes capensis Otte & Cade, 1984 | | | Gryllodes sigillatus (Walker, 1869) | ⇒ Gryllodes supplicans Walker, 1859 | | Gryllus (Gryllus) bimaculatus (De Geer, 1773) | ⇒ Pternoscirta bimaculata Thunberg, 1815 | | Gymnogryllus capensis Otte, Toms &..., 1988 | | | Gymnogryllus vicinus Chopard, 1955 | | | Hapithus agitator Uhler, 1864 | Agitating cricket | | Homoeogryllus reticulatus (Fabricius, 1781) | ⇒ Homoeogryllus venosus Saussure, 1878 | | Macrogryllus consocius Walker, 1869 | | | Modicogryllus (Modicogryllus) brincki Chopard, 1955 | | | Oecanthus brevicauda Saussure, 1878 | | | Oecanthus capensis Saussure, 1877 | | | Oecanthus karschi Chopard, 1932 | | | Oecanthus rufopictus Chopard, 1932 | | | Oecanthus similis Chopard, 1932 | | | Paroecanthus oaxaca Gorochov, 2011 | | | Prolandreva aenigmatosa Gorochov, 2005 | | | Prolandreva aenigmatosa aenigmatosa Gorochov, 2005 | | | Taciturna knysna Otte, 1987 | | | Trigonidium (Trigonidium) erythrocephalum Walker, 1869 | | | Velarifictorus (Velarifictorus) ceylonicus Chopard, 1928 | | | Velarifictorus (Velarifictorus) vicinus Chopard, 1955 | |
Subnodes of Grylloidea with occurrences in Cape | Family | Eneopteridae
Saussure, 1893
bush cricket | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Gryllidae
Bolivar, 1878
Crickets, Tree crickets, True Crickets | 14
17 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Oecanthidae
Blanchard, 1845
tree cricket | 1
5 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Phalangopsidae
Chopard, 1949
spider cricket | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Podoscirtidae
Saussure, 1878
| 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Trigonidiidae
Saussure, 1870
And Ground Crickets, Sword-Tailed Crickets, Trigs | 2
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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