Bullacris sp. (male)
Photograph courtesy of Alan Weaving, Albany Museum

The Bladder Grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Pneumoridae) of Southern Africa

Compiled by Moira van Staaden

Bowling Green University, Ohio

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Species list
References

Family: PNEUMORIDAE

Apart from two species that reach East Africa, this family is entirely endemic to South Africa, and all of the species occur there. For details of the biology and phylogeny of the bladder grasshoppers, visit Moira van Staaden's Pneumoridae Page

  1. Genus: BULLACRIS Roberts 1941
    1. B. unicolor (Linnaeus)
      Gryllus Bulla unicolor Linnaeus 1758: 427
      = Pneumora immaculata Thunberg 1775: 256
      = Pneumora rubens Thunberg 1810: 58
      = Gryllus Locusta pulicarius Stoll 1813: 37
      = Gryllus Locusta vinaceus Stoll 1813: 37
      = Mantis paradoxa Stoll 1813: 79
      = Bullacris thalassina Rehn 1941: 141
      = Bullacris namaquensis Rehn 1941: 144
      Northern Cape, Western Cape and Eastern Cape; December to May.

    2. B. intermedia (Péringuey)
      Bulla intermedia Péringuey 1916: 407
      Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal; **.

    3. B. membracoides (Walker)
      Pneumora membracoides Walker 1870: 800
      = Bulla longicornis Stål 1873: 139
      Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, and Malawi; November to May.

    4. B. discolor (Thunberg)
      Pneumora discolor Thunberg 1810: 59
      = Pneumora ocellata Thunberg 1810: 60
      = Pneumora pupillata Thunberg 1810: 60
      = Bulla consobrina Péringuey 1916: 406
      Western Cape and Eastern Cape; October to January.

    5. B. serrata (Thunberg)
      Pneumora serrata Thunberg 1810: 64
      Western Cape and Eastern Cape; November and December.

    6. B. obliqua (Thunberg)
      Pneumora obliqua Thunberg 1810: 65
      = Pneumora papillosa Thunberg 1810: 61 (nec Gryllus papillosus Fabricius 1775
      = Bulla thungergii Kirby 1910: 63
      Western Cape; October.

    7. B. boschimana (Péringuey)
      Cystocoelia boschimana Péringuey 1916: 411
      Northern Cape; **.


  2. Genus: PARABULLACRIS Dirsch 1963
    1. P. vansoni Disrch
      Parabullacris vansoni Dirsch 1963: 179
      Northern Cape; August, September and March.


  3. Genus: PHYSEMACRIS Roberts 1941
    1. P. papilosus (Fabricius)
      Gryllus papillosus Fabricius 1775: 827 (nec Thunberg 1810: 61)
      Western Cape; **.

    2. P. variolosus (Linnaeus)
      Gryllus Bulla variolosus Linnaeus 1758: 427
      = Pneumora maculata Thunberg 1775: 257
      = Pneumora marmorata Thunberg 1810: 63
      = Pneumora spinulosa Thunberg 1810: 64
      Western Cape; October to January.


  4. Genus: PARAPHYSEMACRIS Dirsch 1963
    1. P. spinosus Dirsch
      Paraphysemacris spinosus Dirsch 1963: 184
      ** (Cape); **.


  5. Genus: PERINGUEYIACRIS Dirsch 1965
    1. P. namaqua (Péringuey)
      Pneumora namaqua Péringuey 1916: 410
      Northern Cape; August and October.


  6. Genus: PNEUMORACRIS Dirsch 1963
    1. P. browni Dirsch
      Pneumoracris browni Dirsch 1963: 181
      Northern Cape; August and September.


  7. Genus: PROSTALLIA Bolivar 1906
    1. P. granulata (Stal)
      Pneumora granulata Stå:l 1873: 53
      = Bulla subalata Péringuey 1916: 409
      KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga; **.


  8. Genus: PHYSOPHORINA Westwood 1874
    1. P. livingstoni Westwood
      Physophorina livingstoni Westwood 1874: 175
      = Cystocoelia absidata Karsch 1896: 245
      KwaZulu-Natal, to Mozambique and Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda; **.

    2. P. miranda (Péringuey)
      Shortridgea miranda Péringuey 1916: 412
      Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, and Tanzania; October to January, April.


  9. Genus: PNEUMORA Thunberg 1775
    1. P. inanis (Fabricius)
      Gryllus inanis Fabricius 1775: 827
      = Pneumora sexguttata Thunberg 1775: 258
      = Pneumore scutellaire Latreille 1830: pl. 19
      Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, and Tanzania; **.

REFERENCES

Dirsch, V.M. 1965.
Revision of the family Pneumoridae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 15: 325-396.

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