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Checklist for Superfamily Pyrgomorphoidea Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874
and region Western Cape (Cape)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
528
5425
11871
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
526
5418
11860
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
502
5315
11672
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
51
234
367
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
24
164
254
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
10
116
178
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
9
115
177
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Pyrgomorphoidea
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874
1
8
10
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Western Cape
1 Family width 10 Species
Pyrgomorphidae Brunner von ..., 1874Bushlocusts10SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Western Cape
8 Genera with 10 Species
Afrosphenella Kevan & Akbar, 19372SpeciesTaxom
Dictyophorus Thunberg, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Ochrophlebia Stål, 17641SpeciesTaxom
Phymateus Thunberg, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Phymella Uvarov, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Plerisca Bolivar, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgomorpha Serville, 19632SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgomorphella Bolivar, 1904
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Western Cape
10 Species
Afrosphenella capensis Key, 1937
Afrosphenella senecionicola Key, 1937
Dictyophorus (Dictyophorus) spumans Thunberg, 1787Koppie foam grasshopper
Ochrophlebia cafra Linnaeus, 1764
Phymateus (Phymateus) madagassus Karsch, 1888
Phymateus (Phymateus) morbillosus Linnaeus, 1758
Phymella capensis Uvarov, 1922
Plerisca rubripennulis Key, 1937
Pyrgomorpha (Phymelloides) rugosa Key, 1937
Pyrgomorpha (Pyrgomorpha) minuta Kevan, 1963

Subnodes of Pyrgomorphoidea with occurrences in Western Cape
FamilyPyrgomorphidae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874
Bushlocusts, gaudy grasshopper, Gaudy grasshoppers, Pyrgomorphs
8
10
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Pyrgomorphoidea at itis.gov