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Checklist for Family Lentulidae Dirsh, 1956 (Lentulid Grasshoppers)
and region Western Cape (Cape)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
528
5425
11871
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
526
5418
11860
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
502
5315
11672
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
51
234
367
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
24
164
254
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
10
116
178
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
9
115
177
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
4
95
146
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyLentulidae
Dirsh, 1956
Lentulid Grasshoppers
14
19
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Western Cape
14 Genera with 19 Species
Bacteracris Dirsh, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Basutacris Dirsh, 1953
0SpeciesTaxom
Betiscoides Sjöstedt, 19373SpeciesTaxom
Calviniacris Dirsh, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Devylderia Sjöstedt, 19233SpeciesTaxom
Dirshidium Brown, 19701SpeciesTaxom
Eremidium Karsch, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Gymnidium Karsch, 18962SpeciesTaxom
Helwigacris Rehn, 19441SpeciesTaxom
Karruia Rehn, 19452SpeciesTaxom
Leatettix Dirsh, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Lentula Stål, 18782SpeciesTaxom
Swaziacris Dirsh, 1953
0SpeciesTaxom
Tsautettix Otte, 19561SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Western Cape
19 Species
Bacteracris antennata Dirsh, 1956
Betiscoides meridionalis Sjöstedt, 1923Slender Restio Grasshopper
Betiscoides parva Key, 1937Small Restio Grasshopper
Betiscoides sjostedti Key, 1937Robust Restio Grasshopper
Calviniacris nuda Dirsh, 1956
Devylderia bothai Dirsh, 1956
Devylderia capensis Dirsh, 1956
Devylderia coryphistoides Sjöstedt, 1923
Dirshidium leucospilos Brown, 1970
Eremidium obtusus Dirsh, 1956
Gymnidium cuneatum Rehn, 1944
Gymnidium turbinatum Karsch, 1896
Helwigacris insolita Rehn, 1944
Karruia gracilis Dirsh, 1958
Karruia paradoxa Rehn, 1945
Leatettix laticornis Dirsh, 1956
Lentula callani Dirsh, 1956
Lentula obtusifrons Stål, 1878
Tsautettix namaquensis Dirsh, 1956

Subnodes of Lentulidae with occurrences in Western Cape
SubfamilyLentulinae
Dirsh, 1956
10
15
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyShelforditinae
Ritchie, 1982
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Lentulidae at gbif.org
Lentulidae at itis.gov