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Checklist for Superfamily Pyrgomorphoidea Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874
and region Ethiopia (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
368
4268
12556
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
367
4267
12554
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
351
4207
12406
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
44
338
1205
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
17
131
221
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
8
89
146
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
7
87
143
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Pyrgomorphoidea
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874
1
15
32
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Ethiopia
1 Family width 32 Species and 14 Subspecies
Pyrgomorphidae Brunner von ..., 1874Bushlocusts32SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Ethiopia
15 Genera with 32 Species
Atractomorpha Saussure, 18842SpeciesTaxom
Chrotogonus Serville, 19228SpeciesTaxom
Dictyophorus Thunberg, 18943SpeciesTaxom
Parasphenula Kevan, 19392SpeciesTaxom
Petasia Stephens, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Phymateus Thunberg, 18735SpeciesTaxom
Phyteumas Bolivar, 18962SpeciesTaxom
Poekilocerus Serville, 18494SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgomorpha Serville, 18494SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgomorphella Bolivar, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Shoacris Kevan, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Stenoscepa Karsch, 18843SpeciesTaxom
Tapesia1SpeciesTaxom
Taphronota Stål, 19045SpeciesTaxom
Zonocerus Stål, 17581SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ethiopia
32 Species and 14 Subspecies
Atractomorpha acutipennis Guérin-Ménev..., 1844
Atractomorpha acutipennis gerstaeckeri Bolivar, 1884
Chrotogonus arenicola somalicus Kevan, 1959
Chrotogonus (Chrotogonus) homalodemus Blanchard, 1836
Chrotogonus homalodemus homalodemus Blanchard, 1836
Chrotogonus (Chrotogonus) senegalensis Krauss, 1877
Chrotogonus senegalensis abyssinicus Bolivar, 1904
Chrotogonus (Obbiacris) tuberculatus Kevan, 1959
Chrotogonus abyssinicus (Bolivar, 1904)⇒ Chrotogonus senegalensis abyssinicus Bolivar, 1904
Chrotogonus aethiopicus (Bolivar, 1922)⇒ Chrotogonus arenicola somalicus Kevan, 1959
Dictyophorus (Tapesiella) griseus Reiche & Fai..., 1849
Dictyophorus griseus griseus Fairmaire & ..., 1847
Dictyophorus impotens oberthueri Bolivar, 1894
Parasphenula abyssinica Uvarov, 1934
Parasphenula boranensis Salfi, 1939
Petasia grisea (Fairmaire & ..., 1847)⇒ Dictyophorus griseus Reiche & Fai..., 1849
Phymateus (Phymateus) aegrotus Gerstaecker, 1869
Phymateus (Phymateus) cinctus Fabricius, 1793
Phymateus (Phymateus) pulcherrimus Bolivar, 1904
Phymateus (Phymateus) viridipes Stål, 1873
Phymateus viridipes viridipes Stål, 1873Green Milkweed Locust
Phyteumas purpurascens Karsch, 1896
Phyteumas purpurascens purpurascens Karsch, 1896
Poekilocerus bufonius Klug, 1832Usher hopper
Poekilocerus bufonius hieroglyphicus Klug, J.C.F., 1829
Poekilocerus bufonius vittatus Klug, J.C.F., 1829
Poekilocerus vignaudi (Guérin-Ménev..., 1849)⇒ Pyrgomorpha vignaudi vignaudi Guérin-Ménev..., 1849
Pyrgomorpha (Phymelloides) johnseni Schmidt, 1999
Pyrgomorpha (Phymelloides) vignaudii Guérin-Ménev..., 1847
Pyrgomorpha vignaudii vignaudii Guérin-Ménev..., 1847
Pyrgomorpha vignaudi vignaudi Guérin-Ménev..., 1849
Pyrgomorphella sphenarioides Bolivar, 1904Ethiopian Stick Grasshopper
Shoacris bormansi Bolivar, 1884
Stenoscepa abyssinica (Uvarov, 1934)⇒ Parasphenula abyssinica Uvarov, 1934
Stenoscepa montana Uvarov, 1934
Stenoscepa picta Bolivar, 1884
Tapesia aethiopicus (Bolivar, 1922)⇒ Dictyophorus impotens oberthueri Bolivar, 1894
Taphronota (Taphronota) calliparea (Schaum, 1853)⇒ Taphronota grandis Kevan, 1975
Taphronota calliparea calliparea Schaum, 1853
Taphronota calliparea dimidiata (Bolivar, 1904)⇒ Taphronota grandis Kevan, 1975
Taphronota (Taphronota) grandis Kevan, 1975
Taphronota dimidiata Bolivar, 1904
Zonocerus variegatus Linnaeus, 1758Elegant grasshopper

Subnodes of Pyrgomorphoidea with occurrences in Ethiopia
FamilyPyrgomorphidae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874
Bushlocusts, gaudy grasshopper, Gaudy grasshoppers, Pyrgomorphs
15
32
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Pyrgomorphoidea at itis.gov