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Checklist of Family Acrididae MacLeay, 1819 (Grasshoppers and locusts)
for Bismarck Archipelago (Papua New Guinea)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
214
1082
2012
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
214
1082
2012
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
206
1060
1989
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
18
55
85
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
8
34
49
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
4
8
10
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
4
8
10
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
1
4
5
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAcrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers
4
5
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Bismarck Archipelago
4 Genera with 5 Species
Melanoplus Stål, 1877Spur-throat grasshoppers1SpeciesTaxom
Opiptacris Walker, 19663SpeciesTaxom
Stenocatantops Dirsh, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Valanga Uvarov, 1932Red-legged Valanga2SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Bismarck Archipelago
5 Species and 1 Subspecies
Melanoplus angustipennis Dodge, 1877Narrow-winged Locust
Opiptacris alata Willemse, 1975
Opiptacris castanea Kevan, 1966
Stenocatantops angustifrons Walker, 1870Common tropical sharptail
Valanga nobilis Sjöstedt, 1930
Valanga nobilis miokoana Sjöstedt, 1932

Subnodes of Acrididae with occurrences in Bismarck Archipelago
SubfamilyCatantopinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
Spur-throated grasshoppers, Spur-throated Grasshoppers and Locusts
2
3
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyCyrtacanthacridinae
Kirby, 1902
Bird grasshoppers
1
1
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMelanoplinae
Scudder, 1897
Spur-throated grasshoppers
1
1
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 


Acrididae (MacLeay 1819)
Acrididae (MacLeay 1819)


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