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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
417
5208
15556
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
417
5208
15556
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
395
5093
15214
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
39
258
433
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
15
137
197
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
8
100
149
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
7
99
148
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Pyrgomorphoidea
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874
1
9
13
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Uganda
1 Family width 13 Species and 8 Subspecies
Pyrgomorphidae Brunner von ..., 1874Bushlocusts13SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Uganda
9 Genera with 13 Species
Chrotogonus Serville, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Dictyophorus Thunberg, 18472SpeciesTaxom
Parasphena Bolivar, 19483SpeciesTaxom
Phymateus Thunberg, 18734SpeciesTaxom
Phyteumas Bolivar, 18962SpeciesTaxom
Protanita Kevan, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Tapesia1SpeciesTaxom
Taphronota Stål, 19754SpeciesTaxom
Zonocerus Stål, 17583SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Uganda
13 Species and 8 Subspecies
Chrotogonus (Chrotogonus) hemipterus Schaum, 1853
Dictyophorus (Tapesiella) griseus Reiche & Fai..., 1849
Dictyophorus griseus griseus Fairmaire & ..., 1847
Parasphena elgonensis Sjöstedt, 1933
Parasphena mauensis Kevan, 1948
Parasphena mauensis mauensis Kevan, D.K.M., 1948
Phymateus (Phymateus) aegrotus Gerstaecker, 1869
Phymateus (Phymateus) viridipes Stål, 1873
Phymateus viridipes brunneri Bolivar, 1884
Phymateus viridipes viridipes Stål, 1873Green Milkweed Locust
Phyteumas purpurascens Karsch, 1896
Phyteumas purpurascens purpurascens Karsch, 1896
Protanita fusiformis Sjöstedt, 1929
Tapesia grisea (Fairmaire & ..., 1847)⇒ Dictyophorus griseus griseus Fairmaire & ..., 1847
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
Zonocerus variegatus Linnaeus, 1758Elegant grasshopper

Subnodes of Pyrgomorphoidea with occurrences in Uganda
FamilyPyrgomorphidae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874
Bushlocusts, gaudy grasshopper, Gaudy grasshoppers, Pyrgomorphs
9
13
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Pyrgomorphoidea at itis.gov