Species list, Checklist of Superorder Polyneoptera for South Shetland Islands (Antarctic Islands)

Ants	Arachnids
Bees	Beetles
Booklice	Bugs
Bumblebees	Butterflies
Cicadas	Crane flies
Dragonflies	Earwigs
Flies	Isopods
Locusts	Mantises
Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
Termites	Wasps

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Checklist for Superorder Polyneoptera Martynov, 1923
and region South Shetland Islands (Antarctic Islands)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	39 66 72	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	39 66 72	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	36 62 68	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Polyneoptera Martynov, 1923	3 4 4	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for South Shetland Islands
3 Families width 4 Species

Blattidae Stephens, 1829	American cockroaches	2	Species	Taxom
Termitidae Latreille, 1802	Higher termites	1	Species	Taxom
Acrididae MacLeay, 1819	Grasshoppers and locusts	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for South Shetland Islands
4 Genera with 4 Species

Melanozosteria Stål, 1903	1	Species	Taxom
Microcerotermes Silvestri, 1970	1	Species	Taxom
Platyzosteria Brunner, 1903	1	Species	Taxom
Psinidia Stål, 1838	1	Species	Taxom

Species list for South Shetland Islands
4 Species

Melanozosteria bicolor (Kirby, W. F., 1903)	⇒ Platyzosteria bicolor Kirby, 1903
Microcerotermes danieli Roonwal & Bose, 1970
Platyzosteria bicolor Kirby, 1903
Psinidia fenestralis Serville, 1838	Long-horned Locust

Subnodes of Polyneoptera with occurrences in South Shetland Islands

Order	Blattodea Latreille, 1810 Cockroach, Cockroaches, Cockroaches and Termites, Cockroachs, Termites	2 3 3	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Orthoptera Latreille, 1793 Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas	1 1 1	Family Genus Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Polyneoptera at itis.gov