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Checklist for Subtribe Parasphenina Kevan, & Akbar, 1964
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
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
14
202
434
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
13
198
431
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Pyrgomorphoidea
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874
1
19
25
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPyrgomorphidae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874
Bushlocusts, Gaudy grasshopper, Gaudy grasshoppers
19
25
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyPyrgomorphinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874
18
24
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribePyrgomorphini
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874
11
13
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubtribeParasphenina
Kevan, & Akbar, 1964
3
4
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Cape
3 Genera with 4 Species
Afrosphenella Kevan & Akbar, 19372SpeciesTaxom
Parasphenella Kevan, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Stenoscepa Karsch, 19561SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape
4 Species
Afrosphenella capensis Key, 1937
Afrosphenella senecionicola Key, 1937
Parasphenella meridionalis Kevan, 1956
Stenoscepa gracilis Kevan, 1956