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Checklist for Superfamily Pyrgomorphoidea Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874
and region Ghana (West Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
354
3756
9520
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
354
3756
9520
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
336
3683
9372
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
45
378
696
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
16
243
443
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
6
154
273
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
6
154
273
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Pyrgomorphoidea
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874
1
11
23
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Ghana
1 Family width 23 Species and 11 Subspecies
Pyrgomorphidae Brunner von ..., 1874Bushlocusts23SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Ghana
11 Genera with 23 Species
Atractomorpha Saussure, 18945SpeciesTaxom
Chapmanacris Dirsh, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Chrotogonus Serville, 19044SpeciesTaxom
Dictyophorus Thunberg, 18943SpeciesTaxom
Maura Stål, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Phymateus Thunberg, 17932SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgomorpha Serville, 18704SpeciesTaxom
Rutidoderes Westwood, 17711SpeciesTaxom
Tanita Bolivar, 19622SpeciesTaxom
Taphronota Stål, 19048SpeciesTaxom
Zonocerus Stål, 17582SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ghana
23 Species and 11 Subspecies
Atractomorpha aberrans Karsch, 1888
Atractomorpha acutipennis Guérin-Ménev..., 1844
Atractomorpha acutipennis gerstaeckeri Bolivar, 1884
Atractomorpha occidentalis Kevan & Chen, 1969
Atractomorpha rufopunctata Bolivar, 1894
Chapmanacris sylvatica Dirsh, 1959
Chrotogonus arenicola sudanicus Kevan, 1959
Chrotogonus (Chrotogonus) senegalensis Krauss, 1877
Chrotogonus senegalensis senegalensis Krauss, 1877
Chrotogonus occidentalis (Bolivar, 1904)⇒ Chrotogonus arenicola sudanicus Kevan, 1959
Dictyophorus (Tapesiella) griseus Reiche & Fai..., 1849
Dictyophorus griseus griseus Fairmaire & ..., 1847
Dictyophorus griseus oberthueri Bolivar, 1894
Maura lurida Fabricius, 1781
Phymateus (Phymateus) aegrotus Gerstaecker, 1869
Phymateus (Phymateus) cinctus Fabricius, 1793
Pyrgomorpha (Phymelloides) vignaudii Guérin-Ménev..., 1847
Pyrgomorpha (Pyrgomorpha) cognata Krauss, 1877
Pyrgomorpha (Pyrgomorpha) conica Olivier, 1791Common Stick Grasshopper
Pyrgomorpha conica fusca Beauvois, 1870
Rutidoderes squarrosus Linnaeus, 1771
Tanita parva Kevan, 1962
Tanita parva violacea Kevan, D.K.M., 1962
Taphronota (Epamontor) cacuminata Karsch, 1893
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) ferruginea (Fabricius, 1781)⇒ Taphronota merceti Bolivar, 1904
Taphronota ferruginea ferruginea Fabricius, 1781
Taphronota (Taphronota) grandis Kevan, 1975
Taphronota (Taphronota) merceti Bolivar, 1904
Zonocerus variegatus Linnaeus, 1758Elegant grasshopper
Zonocerus variegatus variegatus Linnaeus, 1758

Subnodes of Pyrgomorphoidea with occurrences in Ghana
FamilyPyrgomorphidae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874
Bushlocusts, gaudy grasshopper, Gaudy grasshoppers, Pyrgomorphs
11
23
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Pyrgomorphoidea at itis.gov