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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
417
4719
10309
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
415
4717
10307
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
393
4621
10120
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
42
278
456
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
22
168
256
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
10
99
164
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
9
96
161
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Pyrgomorphoidea
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874
1
9
14
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Mozambique
1 Family width 14 Species and 6 Subspecies
Pyrgomorphidae Brunner von ..., 1874Bushlocusts14SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Mozambique
9 Genera with 14 Species
Atractomorpha Saussure, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Chrotogonus Serville, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Dictyophorus Thunberg, 18474SpeciesTaxom
Maura Stål, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Ochrophlegma Bolivar, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Phymateus Thunberg, 18735SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgomorpha Serville, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Taphronota Stål, 19753SpeciesTaxom
Zonocerus Stål, 18152SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Mozambique
14 Species and 6 Subspecies
Atractomorpha acutipennis Guérin-Ménev..., 1844
Chrotogonus (Chrotogonus) hemipterus Schaum, 1853
Dictyophorus spumans pulchra Bolivar, 1904
Dictyophorus spumans spumans Thunberg, 1787Koppie Foam Grasshopper
Dictyophorus (Tapesiella) griseus Reiche & Fai..., 1849
Dictyophorus griseus griseus Fairmaire & ..., 1847
Maura rubroornata Stål, 1855
Ochrophlegma pygmaea Karsch, 1888
Phymateus (Maphyteus) baccatus (Stål, 1876)⇒ Phymateus bolivari compressicollis Bolivar, 1904
Phymateus (Maphyteus) leprosus Fabricius, 1793
Phymateus (Phymateus) karschi Bolivar, 1904
Phymateus (Phymateus) viridipes Stål, 1873
Phymateus viridipes viridipes Stål, 1873Green Milkweed Locust
Pyrgomorpha (Phymelloides) granulata Stål, 1875
Taphronota (Taphronota) calliparea (Schaum, 1853)⇒ Taphronota grandis Kevan, 1975
Taphronota calliparea calliparea Schaum, 1853
Taphronota (Taphronota) grandis Kevan, 1975
Zonocerus elegans Thunberg, 1815Elegant Grasshopper
Zonocerus elegans elegans Thunberg, 1815Elegant Grasshopper

Subnodes of Pyrgomorphoidea with occurrences in Mozambique
FamilyPyrgomorphidae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874
Bushlocusts, gaudy grasshopper, Gaudy grasshoppers, Pyrgomorphs
9
14
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Pyrgomorphoidea at itis.gov