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Checklist for Family Acrididae MacLeay, 1819 (Grasshoppers and locusts)
and region Cape York Peninsula (Cook Shire, Australia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
356
2019
3011
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
355
2018
3011
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
338
1957
2902
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
33
107
143
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
16
45
51
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
6
18
21
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
4
15
18
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
1
9
11
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAcrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers
9
11
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Cape York Peninsula
7 Genera with 11 Species
Austracris Uvarov, 1870Striped Spur-throated Locust2SpeciesTaxom
Gesonula Uvarov, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Heteropternis Stål, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Leionotacris Jago, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Macrolopholia Sjöstedt, 1920Giant Crested Grasshoppers1SpeciesTaxom
Stenocatantops Dirsh, 19202SpeciesTaxom
Valanga Uvarov, 1870Red-legged Valanga1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape York Peninsula
11 Species
Austracris basalis Walker, 1870Spotted Spur-throated Locust
Austracris guttulosa Walker, 1870Spur-throated locust
Gesonula mundata Walker, 1870Common Gesonula
Heteropternis obscurella Blanchard, 1853Long-legged Bandwing
Leionotacris bolivari Uvarov, 1921
Macrolopholia altocristata Sjöstedt, 1920
Stenocatantops angustifrons Walker, 1870Common tropical sharptail
Stenocatantops vitripennis Sjöstedt, 1920Light-brown Sharptail
Valanga irregularis Walker, 1870Giant Grasshopper

Subnodes of Acrididae with occurrences in Cape York Peninsula
SubfamilyCatantopinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
Spur-throated grasshoppers, Spur-throated Grasshoppers and Locusts
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtacanthacridinae
Kirby, 1902
Bird grasshoppers
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGomphocerinae
Fieber, 1853
Grasshoppers, Slant-faced grasshoppers
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOedipodinae
Walker, 1871
Band-winged grasshoppers
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOxyinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
Moisture-loving Grasshoppers
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



Acrididae (MacLeay 1819)
Acrididae (MacLeay 1819)


Links, sources and further information
Acrididae at artfakta.se
Acrididae at dyntaxa.se
Acrididae at gbif.org
Acrididae at itis.gov