Checklist for Superfamily Pyrgomorphoidea Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874
and region Benin (West Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 200
1305
2565 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 200
1305
2565 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 191
1271
2495 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 19
154
210 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas | 9
122
175 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers | 5
116
170 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
| 5
116
170 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Pyrgomorphoidea
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874
| 1
8
9 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Benin
1 Family width 9 Species and 5 Subspecies
Genera for Benin
8 Genera with 9 Species
Species list for Benin
9 Species and 5 Subspecies | Atractomorpha acutipennis Guérin-Ménev..., 1844 | | | Atractomorpha acutipennis gerstaeckeri Bolivar, 1884 | | | Chrotogonus (Chrotogonus) senegalensis Krauss, 1877 | | | Chrotogonus senegalensis senegalensis Krauss, 1877 | | | Maura lurida Fabricius, 1781 | | | Phymateus (Phymateus) cinctus Fabricius, 1793 | | | Pyrgomorpha (Phymelloides) vignaudii Guérin-Ménev..., 1847 | | | Tanita parva Kevan, 1962 | | | Tanita parva violacea Kevan, D.K.M., 1962 | | | Taphronota (Taphronota) ferruginea (Fabricius, 1781) | ⇒ Taphronota merceti Bolivar, 1904 | | Taphronota ferruginea ferruginea Fabricius, 1781 | | | Taphronota (Taphronota) merceti Bolivar, 1904 | | | Zonocerus variegatus Linnaeus, 1758 | Elegant grasshopper | | Zonocerus variegatus variegatus Linnaeus, 1758 | |
Subnodes of Pyrgomorphoidea with occurrences in Benin
Links, sources and further information Pyrgomorphoidea at itis.gov
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