Table 2.
Genera and species of edible orthopterans found by interviews (country and ethnic group) and by the literature search
| Family and species | Interviews |
|---|---|
| CAELIFERA (grasshoppers, locusts) | |
| Acrididae | |
| Acanthacris ruficornis (Fabricius, 1787)6,8,11,12,13 | Chad: Ngambaye; Niger: Hausa; Zambia: Tonga |
| Acanthoxia gladiato (Westwood, 1841)8 | |
| Acorypha clara (Walker, 1870) | |
| Acorypha decis (Walker, 1870)14 | |
| Acorypha glaucopsis (Walker, 1870)8 | |
| Acorypha nigrovariegata (Bolívar, 1889)8,13;a | |
| Acorypha picta Krauss, 18778 | |
| Acrida sp.13,14 | |
| Acrida bicolor (Thunberg, 1815)8,13 | Chad: Tupuri |
| Acrida madecassa (Brancsik, 1893)14 | |
| Acrida subtilis Burr, 190214 | |
| Acrida sulphuripennis (Gerstaecker, 1869)8,13 | |
| Acrida turrita (Linnaeus, 1758)8 | Uganda: Ganda |
| Acridoderus strenuus (Walker, 1870)13 | Niger: Hausa |
| Afroxyrrhepes procera (Burmeister, 1838)8,11 | |
| Aiolopus thalassinus rodericensis (Butler, 1876)8,14 | |
| Aiolopus thalassinus thalassinus (Fabricius, 1781)13 | |
| Amblyphymus sp. | |
| Anacridium sp. | Sudan: Kambari-Abadi, Gaälien, Kuku, Rubatab, Fula; RES |
| Anacridium burri Dirsh & Uvarov, 19538,13 | |
| Anacridium melanorhodon (Walker, 1870)5,6,8,13 | Chad: Ngambaye; Mali: Sarakolé; Sudan: Kuku |
| Anacridium moestum (Serville, 1838)8 | |
| Anacridium wernerellum (Karny, 1907) | Mali: Sarakolé |
| Atractomorpha acutipennis (Guérin-Méneville, 1844) | |
| Brachycrotaphus tryxalicerus (Fischer, 1853)8 | |
| Calephorus ornatus (Walker, 1870)14 | |
| Cataloipus cognatus (Walker, 1870)8 | |
| Cataloipus cymbiferus (Krauss, 1877)8,13 | |
| Cataloipus fuscocoeruleipes Sjöstedt, 19238 | Chad: Ngambaye; Senegal: Wolof |
| Catantops melanostictus Schaum, 18538 | |
| Catantops quadratus (Walker, 1870)8 | |
| Catantops stramineus (Walker, 1870)8 | Sudan (Dongolawi) |
| Catantopsilus taeniolatus (Karsch, 1893)5 | |
| Catantopsis malagassus (Karny, 1907)14 | |
| Catantopsis sacalava (Brancsik, 1893)14 | |
| Chirista compta (Walker, 1870)8,11 | |
| Coryphosima stenoptera (Schaum, 1853)13 | |
| Cyathosternum sp.4 | |
| Cyrtacanthacris aeruginosa (Stoll, 1813)1,3,5,8,13 | Cameroon: Bamileke; Nigeria Yoruba; Uganda: Ganda |
| Cyrtacanthacris tatarica (Linnaeus, 1758)8,13 | |
| Diabolocatantops axillaris (Thunberg, 1815) | Burkina Faso: Mossi; Niger: Hausa |
| Duronia chloronota (Stål, 1876)14 | |
| Eurysternacris brevipes Chopard, 194713 | |
| Exopropacris modica (Karsch, 1893)8 | |
| Eyprepocnemis plorans (Charpentier, 1825)8 | |
| Eyprepocnemis smaragdipes Bruner, 191014 | |
| Finotina radama (Brancsik, 1893)14 | |
| Gastrimargus africanus (Saussure, 1888)6,8,11,14 | |
| Gastrimargus determinatus (Walker, 1871)6,8,14 | |
| Gelastorhinus edax Saussure, 189914 | |
| Gomphocerus sp.12 | |
| Gymnobothrus madacassus Bruner, 191014 | |
| Gymnobothrus variabilis Bruner, 1910 | |
| Harpezocatantops stylifer (Krauss, 1877)8,14 | |
| Heteracris sp.8,14 | |
| Heteracris coerulescens (Stål, 1876)8 | |
| Heteracris guineensis (Krauss, 1890)8,11,14 | |
| Heteracris nigricornis (Saussure, 1899)14 | |
| Hieroglyphus africanus Uvarov, 192212,13 | |
| Hieroglyphus daganensis Krauss, 18778,14 | Chad: Ngambaye, Mbaye, Tupuri; Senegal: Wolof; Sudan: Nubian-Mahas |
| Homoxyrrhepes punctipennis (Walker, 1870)8,13 | |
| Humbe tenuicornis (Schaum, 1853)8,14 | |
| Kraussella amabile (Krauss, 1877)8,14 | |
| Kraussaria angulifera (Krauss, 1877)8,13,14 | Burkina Faso: Mossi; Chad: Ngambaye, Mbayea; Gambia: Jola; Mali: Sarikolé; Niger: Hausa; Songhai; Senegal: Wolof |
| Lemuracris longicornis Dirsh, 196614 | |
| Locusta migratoria (Linnaeus, 1758)4,8,9,11,12,13,14 | Chad: Ngambaye; Madagascar; Niger Songhai; CAR: Kari; Sudan: Kuku; Tanzania: Mwarusha; Uganda: Ganda; Zambia: Tonga; Zimbabwe: Shona |
| Locustana pardalina (Walker, 1870)8,11 | Mozambique: Bitonga, Rhonga; Zimbabwe: Shona |
| Mazaea granulosa Stål, 18768,14 | |
| Mesopsis abbreviata (Palisot de Beauvois, 1806)8,14 | |
| Morphacris fasciata (Thunberg, 1815)13 | |
| Nomadacris septemfasciata (Serville, 1838)4,8,11,13 | Kenya: Luo; Mozambique: Bitonga, Makua, Tsonga-Rhonga, Tsonga-Tswa; Niger: Hausa; Uganda: Ganda; Sudan: Kuku; Tanzania: Mwarusha; Zambia: Namwanga, Tonga; Zimbabwe: RES, Shona |
| Occidentosphena uvarovi (Rehn, 1942)13 | |
| Oedaleus carvalhoi Bolívar, 18898,14 | |
| Oedaleus flavus (Linnaeus, 1758)8,14 | |
| Oedaleus nigeriensis Uvarov, 19268,14 | |
| Oedaleus nigrofasciatus (De Geer, 1773)8 | |
| Oedaleus senegalensis (Krauss, 1877)8,13,14 | |
| Oedaleus virgula (Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1869)14 | |
| Oxya cyanoptera Stål, 18735,13 | |
| Oxya hyla Serville, 183114 | |
| Ornithacris sp.15 | |
| Ornithacris cavroisi (Finot, 1907)12 | |
| Ornithacris cyanea (Stoll, 1813)4,8 | |
| Ornithacris pictula magnifica (Bolívar, 1882)8,13 | Zambia: Tonga |
| Ornithacris turbida (Walker, 1870)5,6,8,12,14 | Cameroun: Bamileke; Burkina Faso: Fula; Chad: Ngambaye; Senegal: Wolof; Mali: Mande-Malinke; Niger: Hausa |
| Orthacanthacris humilicrus (Karsch, 1896)6,8,13,14 | |
| Orthochtha venosa (Ramme, 1929)8,14 | |
| Oxycatantops congoensis (Sjöstedt, 1929)8,11, | |
| Oxycatantops spissus (Walker, 1870)8,11,13 | |
| Paracinema tricolor (Thunberg, 1815)8,14 | |
| Parapropacris notatus (Karsch, 1891)8,13,14 | |
| Phaeocatantops decoratus (Gerstaecker, 1869) | |
| Poecilocerastis tricolor (Bolívar, 1912)8,14 | |
| Pycnodictya flavipes Miller, 19328 | |
| Rhadinacris schistocercoides (Brancsik, 1893)14 | |
| Roduniella insipida (Karsch, 1896)8 | |
| Rubellia nigro-signata Stål, 187514 | |
| Schistocerca gregaria (Forskål, 1775)6,8,9,11,13 | Chad: Ngambaye; Kenya: Kikuyu, Luo; Togo: Cotocoli; Mali: Mande-Malinke; Niger: Songhai; Sudan: Kuku, Nubian-Mahas; CAR: Kari; Uganda: Ganda |
| Sherifuria haningtoni Uvarov, 19268 | |
| Spathosternum pygmaeum Karsch, 189312,13 | |
| Stenocrobylus festivus Karsch, 189113 | |
| Stenohippus mundus (Walker, 1871)8 | |
| Trilophidia cinnabarina Brancsik, 189314 | |
| Tristria sp.13 | |
| Tristria conops Karsch, 18968 | |
| Tristria discoidalis Bolívar, 18908 | |
| Truxalis sp.12,13 | |
| Truxalis burtti Dirsh, 19508 | |
| Truxalis johnstoni Dirsh, 19508 | |
| Truxaloides constrictus (Schaum, 1853)4,8 | |
| Tylotropidius didymus (Thunberg, 1815)8 | |
| Tylotropidius gracilipes Brancsik, 18958 | |
| Pyrgomorphidae | |
| Chrotogonus senegalensis Krauss, 1877s8 | |
| Phymateus viridipes Stål, 18738,13 | |
| Pyrgomorpha cognata Krauss, 18778 | |
| Pyrgomorpha vignaudi (Guérin-Méneville, 1847)8 | |
| Zonocerus elegans (Thunberg, 1815)8,13 | Sudan: Kuku; Zambia: Nyanja, Tonga |
| Zonocerus variegatus (Linnaeus, 1758)1,3,5,8,9,12,13 | Cameroon: Bafia, Bamileke, Bassas, Bani-Pahuin, Beti-Ewondo, Tikar, Wimboum; DR Congo: Teke; Mozambique: Makua; Nigeria: Yoruba; Togo: Ewe; Zimbabwe: Shona |
| ENSIFERA (crickets, katydids) | |
| Gryllidae | |
| Acheta sp.8,13 | |
| Brachytrupes sp. 1,5,14 | Madagascar |
| Brachytrupes membranaceus (Drury, 1773)3,4,5,8,9,11,12,13,15 | Benin: Fon, Nagot; Madagascar, Nigeria: Yoruba; Togo: Akebu, Ewe; Zambia: Tonga, RES; Zimbabwe: Shona |
| Colossopus sp.14 | |
| Conocephalus sp.13 | |
| Conocephalus affinis Redtenbacher, 189114 | |
| Fryerius sp.14 | |
| Gryllus sp.13,14 | |
| Gryllus campestris Linnaeus, 1758 | Madagascar |
| Gryllus bimaculatus De Geer, 17738,13 | |
| Modicogryllus sp.14 | |
| Phaneroptera nana7,14 | |
| Phaneroptera sparsa Stål, 185714 | |
| Pseudorhynchus sp.13 | |
| Pteronemobius malgachus (Saussure, 1877)14 | |
| Gryllotalpidae | |
| Gryllotalpa africana Palisot de Beauvois, 18055,8,13,15 | Benin: Bariba, Fon, Tori; Chad: Ngambaye; Madagascar; Nigeria: Yoruba; CAR: Gbaya; Togo: RES; Zambia: Tonga; Zimbabwe: Shona |
| Tettigoniidae | |
| Acanthoplus discoidalis (Walker, 1869)10 | Zimbabwe: Shona |
| Anabrus simplex Haldeman, 18528 | |
| Anoedopoda erosa Karsch, 18918 | |
| Conocephalus sp.8,12 | |
| Gymnoproctus sculpturatus Schmidt, 199012 | |
| Lanista sp.8 | |
| Pseudorhynchus sp.12 | |
| Pseudorhynchus lanceolatus (Fabricius, 1775)8 | |
| Ruspolia sp.12,14 | |
| Ruspolia differens (Serville, 1838)4,5,8,11,13,14,15; | Burundi: Hutu; Cameroon: Bamileke, Bassas, Bani-Pahuin, Beti-Ewondo, Matha, Tikar; DR Congo: Teke; Mozambique: Bitonga, Rhonga; Nigeria: Yoruba; CAR: Gbaya, Kari; Sudan: Kuku; Tanzania: Chaga, Digo, Iraqw, Mwarusha, Sukuma, Zanaki; Togo: Ewe; Uganda: Acholi, Bunyoro, Busoga, Ganda, Langi, Luo, Nyoro; Zanzibar; Zambia: Lovale, Lunda, RES, Tonga; Zimbabwe: RES, Shona |
| Ruspolia nitidula (Scopoli, 1786)13 | |
| Plastocorypha nigrifons (Redtenbacher 1891) | Uganda: Ganda |
| Tettigonia viridissima (Linnaeus, 1758)9,13 | |
| Zabalius sp.13 | |
| Stenopelmatidae | |
| Afrogryllacris africana (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888)8 | |
| Henicus whellani Chopard, 19502,5 | |
All names were checked with either ADW [2], GBIF [29], or Launois-Luong and LeCoq [44] and corrected when wrongly spelled by the authors of the references used
Used references: 1Banjo et al. [5], 2Chemura et al. [17]; 3Fasoranti and Ajiboye [25]; 4Gelfand [30]; 5Hlongwane et al. [34]; 6Levy-Luxereau [46]; 7Loko et al. [48]; 8Malaisse [50]; 9Félix [26]; 10Mugova et al. [62]; 11Nkouka [65]; 12Riggi et al. [75]; 13Séverin and Lecoq [80]; 14Van Itterbeeck et al. [96]; 15Weaving [97]