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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
503
7105
22102
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
501
7100
22096
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
482
7015
21853
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
60
436
1014
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
19
234
473
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
8
141
290
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
8
141
290
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Pyrgomorphoidea
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874
1
12
33
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Kenya
1 Family width 33 Species and 13 Subspecies
Pyrgomorphidae Brunner von ..., 1874Bushlocusts33SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Kenya
12 Genera with 33 Species
Chrotogonus Serville, 19594SpeciesTaxom
Dictyophorus Thunberg, 18472SpeciesTaxom
Marsabitacris Kevan, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Maura Stål, 17812SpeciesTaxom
Parasphena Bolivar, 194818SpeciesTaxom
Phymateus Thunberg, 19225SpeciesTaxom
Phyteumas Bolivar, 19223SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgomorphella Bolivar, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Stenoscepa Karsch, 19482SpeciesTaxom
Stenoxyphus Blanchard, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Taphronota Stål, 19754SpeciesTaxom
Zonocerus Stål, 18152SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Kenya
33 Species and 13 Subspecies
Chrotogonus (Chrotogonus) hemipterus Schaum, 1853
Chrotogonus (Chrotogonus) homalodemus Blanchard, 1836
Chrotogonus homalodemus somalicus Kevan, D.K.M., 1959
Chrotogonus (Obbiacris) tuberculatus Kevan, 1959
Dictyophorus (Tapesiella) griseus Reiche & Fai..., 1849
Dictyophorus griseus griseus Fairmaire & ..., 1847
Marsabitacris citronota Kevan, 1957
Maura hecate (Gerstaecker, 1869)⇒ Maura lurida Fabricius, 1781
Maura lurida Fabricius, 1781
Parasphena albini (Chopard, 1921)⇒ Pyrgomorphella albini Chopard, 1921
Parasphena campestris Rehn, 1942
Parasphena cheranganica Uvarov, 1938
Parasphena chyuluensis Kevan, 1948
Parasphena elgonensis Sjöstedt, 1933
Parasphena kaburu Kevan, 1948
Parasphena keniensis Sjöstedt, 1912
Parasphena keniensis keniensis Sjöstedt, 1912
Parasphena keniensis rehni Kevan, D.K.M., 1956
Parasphena kinangopa Uvarov, 1938
Parasphena kulalensis Kevan, 1956
Parasphena mauensis Kevan, 1948
Parasphena mauensis kamasiensis Kevan, D.K.M., 1948
Parasphena mauensis mauensis Kevan, D.K.M., 1948
Parasphena nairobiensis Sjöstedt, 1933
Parasphena naivashensis Kevan, 1948
Parasphena ngongensis Kevan, 1948
Parasphena teitensis Kevan, 1948
Phymateus (Phymateus) karschi Bolivar, 1904
Phymateus (Phymateus) viridipes Stål, 1873
Phymateus viridipes viridipes Stål, 1873Green Milkweed Locust
Phymateus asiaticus (Chang, K.S.F., 1939)⇒ Phymateus viridipes viridipes Stål, 1873
Phymateus purpurascens rufovenosis (Bolivar, 1922)⇒ Phyteumas purpurascens rufovenosis Bolivar, 1922
Phyteumas purpurascens Karsch, 1896
Phyteumas purpurascens purpurascens Karsch, 1896
Phyteumas purpurascens rufovenosis Bolivar, 1922
Pyrgomorphella albini Chopard, 1921
Stenoscepa grandis Kevan, 1956
Stenoscepa maxima Kevan, 1948
Stenoxyphus aurantiacus Karsch, 1896
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
Zonocerus elegans Thunberg, 1815Elegant Grasshopper
Zonocerus elegans elegans Thunberg, 1815Elegant Grasshopper

Subnodes of Pyrgomorphoidea with occurrences in Kenya
FamilyPyrgomorphidae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874
Bushlocusts, gaudy grasshopper, Gaudy grasshoppers, Pyrgomorphs
12
33
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Pyrgomorphoidea at itis.gov