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Checklist for Order Orthoptera Latreille, 1793 (Crickets And Grasshoppers)
and region Papua Region (Papua New Guinea)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
162
941
2654
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
161
939
2651
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
154
914
2611
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
11
41
141
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
4
10
11
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Papua Region
4 Families width 11 Species
Pyrgomorphidae Brunner von ..., 1874Bushlocusts4SpeciesTaxom
Acrididae MacLeay, 1819Grasshoppers and locusts5SpeciesTaxom
Tettigoniidae Krauss, 1902Bush crickets1SpeciesTaxom
Tetrigidae Rambur, 1838Groundhoppers1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Papua Region
10 Genera with 11 Species
Atractomorpha Saussure, 18422SpeciesTaxom
Austracris Uvarov, 1870Striped Spur-throated Locust1SpeciesTaxom
Banza Walker, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Desmopterella Ramme, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Gavialidium Saussure, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Gesonula Uvarov, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Phricta Redtenbacher, 1892
0SpeciesTaxom
Stenocatantops Dirsh, 19202SpeciesTaxom
Stenoxyphus Blanchard, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Valanga Uvarov, 1907Red-legged Valanga1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Papua Region
11 Species
Atractomorpha crenaticeps Blanchard, 1853
Atractomorpha psittacina Haan, 1842
Austracris guttulosa Walker, 1870Spur-throated locust
Banza nihoa Hebard, 1926Nihoa Banza Conehead Katydid
Desmopterella marginata Bolivar, 1898
Gavialidium novaeguineae Bolivar, 1898
Gesonula mundata Walker, 1870Common Gesonula
Stenocatantops angustifrons Walker, 1870Common tropical sharptail
Stenocatantops vitripennis Sjöstedt, 1920Light-brown Sharptail
Stenoxyphus aurantiacus Karsch, 1896
Valanga papuasica Finot, 1907

Subnodes of Orthoptera with occurrences in Papua Region
SuborderCaelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
3
8
10
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderEnsifera
Lesson, 1843
Locusts, Long-horned grasshoppers, Long-horned Orthoptera
1
2
1
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom



Orthoptera (Latreille 1793)
Orthoptera (Latreille 1793)


Links, sources and further information
Orthoptera at orthoptera.speciesfile.org
Orthoptera at grasshoppersofeurope.com
Orthoptera at papua-insects.nl
Orthoptera at artfakta.se
Orthoptera at dyntaxa.se
Orthoptera at gbif.org
Orthoptera at itis.gov
Orthoptera at marinespecies.org