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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
630
8507
21838
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
628
8495
21797
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
600
8347
21509
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
73
439
938
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
31
293
617
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
14
202
434
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
13
198
431
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Pyrgomorphoidea
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874
1
19
25
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Cape
1 Family width 25 Species and 7 Subspecies
Pyrgomorphidae Brunner von ..., 1874Bushlocusts25SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Cape
19 Genera with 25 Species
Afrosphenella Kevan & Akbar, 19372SpeciesTaxom
Atractomorpha Saussure, 18842SpeciesTaxom
Chrotogonus Serville, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Dictyophorus Thunberg, 17872SpeciesTaxom
Maura Stål, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Ochrophlebia Stål, 18383SpeciesTaxom
Ochrophlegma Bolivar, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Orthacris Bolivar, 19531SpeciesTaxom
Parasphenella Kevan, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Phymateus Thunberg, 18736SpeciesTaxom
Phymella Uvarov, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Plerisca Bolivar, 19372SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgomorpha Serville, 19632SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgomorphella Bolivar, 1904
0SpeciesTaxom
Stenoscepa Karsch, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Tanita Bolivar, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Tanitella Kevan, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Taphronota Stål, 18532SpeciesTaxom
Zonocerus Stål, 18152SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape
25 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
Orthacris (Orthacris) curvicerca Kevan, 1953
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
19
25
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Pyrgomorphoidea at itis.gov