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Checklist of Superfamily Pyrgomorphoidea Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874
for Cape (Republic South Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
612
8112
20932
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
611
8101
20891
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
584
7978
20649
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
69
418
904
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
28
277
589
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
13
190
412
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
12
187
410
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Pyrgomorphoidea
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874
1
18
24
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Cape
1 Family width 24 Species and 7 Subspecies
Pyrgomorphidae Brunner von ..., 1874Bushlocusts24SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Cape
18 Genera with 24 Species
Afrosphenella Kevan & Akbar, 19373SpeciesTaxom
Atractomorpha Saussure, 18843SpeciesTaxom
Chrotogonus Serville, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Dictyophorus Thunberg, 17873SpeciesTaxom
Maura Stål, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Ochrophlebia Stål, 18383SpeciesTaxom
Ochrophlegma Bolivar, 18712SpeciesTaxom
Parasphenella Kevan, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Phymateus Thunberg, 18737SpeciesTaxom
Phymella Uvarov, 19222SpeciesTaxom
Plerisca Bolivar, 19373SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgomorpha Serville, 19633SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgomorphella Bolivar, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Stenoscepa Karsch, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Tanita Bolivar, 19042SpeciesTaxom
Tanitella Kevan, 18882SpeciesTaxom
Taphronota Stål, 18532SpeciesTaxom
Zonocerus Stål, 18153SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape
24 Species and 7 Subspecies
Afrosphenella capensis Key, 1937
Afrosphenella senecionicola Key, 1937
Atractomorpha acutipennis Guérin-Ménev..., 1844
Atractomorpha acutipennis gerstaeckeri Bolivar, 1884
Chrotogonus (Chrotogonus) hemipterus Schaum, 1853
Dictyophorus (Dictyophorus) spumans Thunberg, 1787Koppie foam grasshopper
Dictyophorus spumans spumans Thunberg, 1787Koppie Foam Grasshopper
Maura rubroornata Stål, 1855
Ochrophlebia cafra Linnaeus, 1764
Ochrophlebia cafra cafra Linnaeus, 1764
Ochrophlebia cafra ligneola Serville, 1838
Ochrophlegma vittifera Walker, 1871
Parasphenella meridionalis Kevan, 1956
Phymateus (Maphyteus) baccatus (Stål, 1876)⇒ Phymateus bolivari compressicollis Bolivar, 1904
Phymateus (Phymateus) madagassus Karsch, 1888
Phymateus (Phymateus) morbillosus Linnaeus, 1758
Phymateus morbillosus morbillosus Linnaeus, 1758Common Milkweed Locust
Phymateus (Phymateus) viridipes Stål, 1873
Phymateus viridipes viridipes Stål, 1873Green Milkweed Locust
Phymella capensis Uvarov, 1922
Plerisca peringueyi Bolivar, 1904
Plerisca rubripennulis Key, 1937
Pyrgomorpha (Phymelloides) rugosa Key, 1937
Pyrgomorpha (Pyrgomorpha) minuta Kevan, 1963
Stenoscepa gracilis Kevan, 1956
Tanita purpurea Bolivar, 1904
Tanitella prasina Karsch, 1888
Taphronota (Epamontor) stali Bolivar, 1884
Taphronota (Taphronota) calliparea (Schaum, 1853)⇒ Taphronota grandis Kevan, 1975
Zonocerus elegans Thunberg, 1815Elegant Grasshopper
Zonocerus elegans elegans Thunberg, 1815Elegant Grasshopper

Subnodes of Pyrgomorphoidea with occurrences in Cape
FamilyPyrgomorphidae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874
Bushlocusts, gaudy grasshopper, Gaudy grasshoppers, Pyrgomorphs
18
24
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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