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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
224
1873
3964
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
223
1870
3961
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
214
1838
3889
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
34
188
362
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
16
113
193
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
8
81
150
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
8
81
150
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Pyrgomorphoidea
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874
1
10
13
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Somalia
1 Family width 13 Species and 2 Subspecies
Pyrgomorphidae Brunner von ..., 1874Bushlocusts13SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Somalia
10 Genera with 13 Species
Chrotogonus Serville, 19523SpeciesTaxom
Megalopyrga Baccetti, 19851SpeciesTaxom
Paraphymateus Dirsh, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Parorthacris Dirsh, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Phymateus Thunberg, 18733SpeciesTaxom
Somalopyrgus Kevan & Akbar, 19642SpeciesTaxom
Stenoscepa Karsch, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Tenuitarsus Bolivar, 18361SpeciesTaxom
Vittisphena Kevan, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Xiphipyrgus Kevan, 19821SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Somalia
13 Species and 2 Subspecies
Chrotogonus (Chrotogonus) homalodemus Blanchard, 1836
Chrotogonus homalodemus somalicus Kevan, D.K.M., 1959
Chrotogonus (Obbiacris) arenicola Kevan, 1952
Megalopyrga monochroma Baccetti, 1985
Paraphymateus roffeyi Dirsh, 1962
Parorthacris somalica Dirsh, 1958
Phymateus (Phymateus) aegrotus Gerstaecker, 1869
Phymateus (Phymateus) viridipes Stål, 1873
Phymateus viridipes viridipes Stål, 1873Green Milkweed Locust
Somalopyrgus messanai Baccetti, 1985
Somalopyrgus rotundipennis Kevan & Akbar, 1964
Stenoscepa gallae Rehn, 1901
Tenuitarsus angustus Blanchard, 1836
Vittisphena somalica Kevan, 1956
Xiphipyrgus tunstalli Kevan, 1982

Subnodes of Pyrgomorphoidea with occurrences in Somalia
FamilyPyrgomorphidae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874
Bushlocusts, gaudy grasshopper, Gaudy grasshoppers, Pyrgomorphs
10
13
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Pyrgomorphoidea at itis.gov