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Checklist for Subtribe Parasphenina Kevan, & Akbar, 1964
and region Tanzania (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
521
7875
25069
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
517
7870
25062
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
498
7773
24792
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
58
562
1506
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
22
352
888
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
10
204
476
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
9
202
474
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Pyrgomorphoidea
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874
1
21
43
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPyrgomorphidae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874
Bushlocusts, Gaudy grasshopper, Gaudy grasshoppers
21
43
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyPyrgomorphinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874
20
42
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribePyrgomorphini
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874
7
15
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubtribeParasphenina
Kevan, & Akbar, 1964
3
7
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Tanzania
3 Genera with 7 Species
Parasphena Bolivar, 18695SpeciesTaxom
Parasphenella Kevan, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Stenoscepa Karsch, 19623SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Tanzania
7 Species and 2 Subspecies
Parasphena hanangensis Hemp, 2009
Parasphena meruensis Sjöstedt, 1910
Parasphena meruensis meruensis Sjöstedt, 1909
Parasphena meruensis zeuneri Kevan, D.K.M., 1956
Parasphena pulchripes Gerstaecker, 1869
Parasphenella dubia Bolivar, 1904
Stenoscepa fusiformis Kevan, 1956
Stenoscepa granulata Karsch, 1888
Stenoscepa obscura Kevan, 1962