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Checklist for Family Pyrgomorphidae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874 (Bushlocusts)
and region Makhanda (Makana Local Municipality, Sarah Baartman District)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
229
1256
1792
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
229
1256
1792
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
219
1242
1781
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
18
49
40
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
12
40
32
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
6
27
21
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
6
27
21
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Pyrgomorphoidea
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874
1
2
1
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPyrgomorphidae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874
Bushlocusts, Gaudy grasshopper, Gaudy grasshoppers
2
1
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Makhanda (Grahamstown)
2 Genera with 1 Species
Dictyophorus Thunberg, 1815
0SpeciesTaxom
Plerisca Bolivar, 19371SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Makhanda (Grahamstown)
1 Species
Plerisca rubripennulis Key, 1937

Subnodes of Pyrgomorphidae with occurrences in Makhanda (Grahamstown)
SubfamilyPyrgomorphinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874
2
1
Genera
Species

Taxom



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