Orthoptera Species File
family

Pyrgacrididae Kevan, 1974

Type

Pyrgacris Descamps, 1968 type genus of Pyrgacrididae Kevan, 1974

Nomenclature (11)

  • Pyrgacrididae Kevan, 1974

    type genus Pyrgacris Descamps, 1968

  • Pyrgacridinae Kevan, 1974: 262.

    type genus Pyrgacris Descamps, 1968

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  • Pyrgacrididae Kevan, 1974 in Song, 2018: 270.
  • Pyrgacrididae Kevan, 1974 in Hemp, Ritchie, Cigliano, Heller, Warchalowska-Sliwa, Grzywacz, Linde, Uluar, Oumarou-Ngoute & Song, 2025: 542.

Nomenclature references (7)

  • Eades, D.C. (2000) Evolutionary relationships of phallic structures of Acridomorpha (Orthoptera). Journal of Orthoptera Research, 9, 181–210.
  • Hemp, C., Ritchie, J.M., Cigliano, M.M., Heller, K.-G., Warchalowska-Sliwa, E., Grzywacz, B., Linde, J.B., Uluar, O., Oumarou-Ngoute, C. & Song, H. (2025) Out of sight, out of mind? Ixalidiidae, a new family of African forest grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acridoidea) revealed by molecular phylogenetics and genital morphology. Zoosystema, 47(24), 489–553. https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2025v47a24
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  • Hugel, S. (2014) Grasshoppers of the Mascarene Islands: new species and new records (Orthoptera, Caelifera). Zootaxa, 3900(3), 399–414.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1974) Note on the Genus Pyrgacris Descamps, 1968. In Acrida. Vol. 3, Issue 4.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1977) Superfamily Acridoidea, fam. Pyrgomorphidae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 16, pp. 1–656.
  • Otte, D. (1994) Orthoptera Species File 3. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] B Pamphagoidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 241 pp.
  • Song, H. (2018) 10 Biodiversity of Orthoptera. In Insect Biodiversity: Science and Society, Volume 2. John Wiley & Sons Ltd. 245–279 pp.

Descendants and synonyms

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
family1012
subfamily0000
genus1001
species2013