Checklist for Subfamily Shelforditinae Ritchie, 1982
and region Lesotho (Southern Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 288
1986
3848 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 287
1983
3844 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 273
1955
3809 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 38
218
398 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas | 20
162
258 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers | 8
115
187 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
| 7
113
185 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
| 3
87
146 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lentulidae
Dirsh, 1956
Lentulid Grasshoppers | 18
28 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Shelforditinae
Ritchie, 1982
| 8
10 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Lesotho
8 Genera with 10 Species
Species list for Lesotho
10 Species | Afrotettix fursti Brown, 1970 | Bokkeveld Earless Grasshopper | | Afrotettix gariepensis Brown, 1970 | | | Atopotettix megalocephalus Brown, 1970 | | | Calviniacris nuda Dirsh, 1956 | | | Dirshidium leucospilos Brown, 1970 | | | Kalaharicus elongatus Brown, 1961 | | | Karruacris browni Dirsh, 1958 | | | Leatettix laticornis Dirsh, 1956 | | | Leatettix nasuta Brown, 1960 | | | Shelfordites nanus Uvarov, 1925 | |
Links, sources and further information Shelforditinae at itis.gov
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