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Checklist for Superfamily Pyrgomorphoidea Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874
and region Eastern Cape (Cape)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
448
4515
8744
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
446
4509
8734
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
423
4424
8599
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
42
186
236
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
20
127
168
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
9
85
111
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
9
85
111
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Pyrgomorphoidea
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874
1
11
12
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Eastern Cape
1 Family width 12 Species
Pyrgomorphidae Brunner von ..., 1874Bushlocusts12SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Eastern Cape
11 Genera with 12 Species
Atractomorpha Saussure, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Chrotogonus Serville, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Dictyophorus Thunberg, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Maura Stål, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Parasphenella Kevan, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Plerisca Bolivar, 19372SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgomorpha Serville, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Stenoscepa Karsch, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Tanitella Kevan, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Taphronota Stål, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Zonocerus Stål, 18151SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Eastern Cape
12 Species
Atractomorpha acutipennis Guérin-Ménev..., 1844
Chrotogonus (Chrotogonus) hemipterus Schaum, 1853
Dictyophorus (Dictyophorus) spumans Thunberg, 1787Koppie foam grasshopper
Maura rubroornata Stål, 1855
Parasphenella meridionalis Kevan, 1956
Plerisca peringueyi Bolivar, 1904
Plerisca rubripennulis Key, 1937
Pyrgomorpha (Phymelloides) rugosa Key, 1937
Stenoscepa gracilis Kevan, 1956
Tanitella prasina Karsch, 1888
Taphronota (Epamontor) stali Bolivar, 1884
Zonocerus elegans Thunberg, 1815Elegant Grasshopper

Subnodes of Pyrgomorphoidea with occurrences in Eastern Cape
FamilyPyrgomorphidae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874
Bushlocusts, gaudy grasshopper, Gaudy grasshoppers, Pyrgomorphs
11
12
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Pyrgomorphoidea at itis.gov