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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
333
3740
9137
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
331
3738
9135
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
309
3639
8842
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
38
238
362
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
15
136
189
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
8
102
150
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
8
102
150
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Pyrgomorphoidea
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874
1
9
11
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Zambia
1 Family width 11 Species and 3 Subspecies
Pyrgomorphidae Brunner von ..., 1874Bushlocusts11SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Zambia
9 Genera with 11 Species
Chrotogonus Serville, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Dictyophorus Thunberg, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Maura Stål, 19043SpeciesTaxom
Phymateus Thunberg, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgomorpha Serville, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Stenoscepa Karsch, 19562SpeciesTaxom
Tanita Bolivar, 19042SpeciesTaxom
Taphronota Stål, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Zonocerus Stål, 18152SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Zambia
11 Species and 3 Subspecies
Chrotogonus (Chrotogonus) hemipterus Schaum, 1853
Dictyophorus (Tapesiella) griseus Reiche & Fai..., 1849
Maura bolivari Kirby, 1902
Maura bolivari fitzgeraldi Dirsh, 1954
Maura bolivari modesta Bolivar, 1904
Phymateus (Phymateus) aegrotus Gerstaecker, 1869
Pyrgomorpha (Phymelloides) granulata Stål, 1875
Stenoscepa obscura Kevan, 1962
Stenoscepa rhodesiensis Kevan, 1956
Tanita brachyptera Bolivar, 1912
Tanita loosi Bolivar, 1904
Taphronota (Taphronota) calliparea (Schaum, 1853)⇒ Taphronota grandis Kevan, 1975
Zonocerus elegans Thunberg, 1815Elegant Grasshopper
Zonocerus elegans elegans Thunberg, 1815Elegant Grasshopper

Subnodes of Pyrgomorphoidea with occurrences in Zambia
FamilyPyrgomorphidae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874
Bushlocusts, gaudy grasshopper, Gaudy grasshoppers, Pyrgomorphs
9
11
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Pyrgomorphoidea at itis.gov