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Checklist for Family Pyrgomorphidae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874 (Bushlocusts)
and region Sri Lanka (South Asia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
527
6198
14500
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
524
6193
14493
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
502
6089
14260
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
62
427
804
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
21
235
432
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
8
98
164
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
7
96
148
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Pyrgomorphoidea
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874
1
5
10
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPyrgomorphidae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874
Bushlocusts, Gaudy grasshopper, Gaudy grasshoppers
5
10
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Sri Lanka
5 Genera with 10 Species
Atractomorpha Saussure, 17932SpeciesTaxom
Aularches Stål, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Chrotogonus Serville, 18361SpeciesTaxom
Orthacris Bolivar, 19536SpeciesTaxom
Rakwana Henry, 19331SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Sri Lanka
10 Species and 1 Subspecies
Atractomorpha crenulata Fabricius, 1793
Atractomorpha crenulata crenulata Fabricius, 1793
Aularches miliaris Linnaeus, 1758Coffee Locust
Chrotogonus (Chrotogonus) oxypterus Blanchard, 1836
Orthacris (Orthacris) ceylonica Kirby, 1914
Orthacris (Orthacris) curvicerca Kevan, 1953
Orthacris (Orthacris) elongata Kevan, 1953
Orthacris (Orthacris) filiformis Bolivar, 1884
Orthacris (Orthacris) gracilis Kevan, 1953
Orthacris (Orthacris) major Kevan, 1953
Rakwana ornata Henry, 1933

Subnodes of Pyrgomorphidae with occurrences in Sri Lanka
SubfamilyOrthacridinae
Bolivar, 1905
2
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPyrgomorphinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom



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