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Checklist for Family Acrididae MacLeay, 1819 (Grasshoppers and locusts)
and region Sydney (Sydney Basin, Australia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
356
2286
3787
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
355
2285
3786
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
338
2233
3712
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
27
69
85
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
12
33
34
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
4
17
18
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
4
17
18
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
2
15
16
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAcrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers
14
15
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Sydney
14 Genera with 15 Species
Abisares Stål, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Acrida Linnaeus, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Austracris Uvarov, 1870Striped Spur-throated Locust1SpeciesTaxom
Chorthippus Fieber, 18151SpeciesTaxom
Cirphula Stål, 1861Marbled Cirphula1SpeciesTaxom
Coryphistes de Charpentier, 1838Odd Coryphistes1SpeciesTaxom
Gastrimargus Saussure, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Goniaea Stål, 1870Gumleaf Grasshoppers2SpeciesTaxom
Locusta Linnaeus, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Pardillana B. Y. Sjöstedt, 1878Orange-winged Pardillana1SpeciesTaxom
Peakesia Sjöstedt, 1841Red-lined Peakesia1SpeciesTaxom
Pseudochorthippus Defaut, 18211SpeciesTaxom
Stenobothrus Fischer, 17961SpeciesTaxom
Valanga Uvarov, 1921Red-legged Valanga1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Sydney
15 Species and 2 Subspecies
Abisares viridipennis hylaeus Rehn, J.A.G., 1914
Acrida conica Fabricius, 1781Giant Green Slant-face
Austracris proxima Walker, 1870Confusing Spur-throated Locust
Chorthippus (Glyptobothrus) brunneus Thunberg, 1815Common Field Grasshopper
Cirphula pyrrhocnemis Stål, 1861Variable cirphula
Coryphistes ruricola Burmeister, 1838Bark-mimicing grasshopper
Gastrimargus musicus Fabricius, 1775Yellow-winged grasshopper
Goniaea australasiae Leach, 1814Gumleaf Grasshopper
Goniaea opomaloides Walker, 1870Mimetic Gumleaf Grasshopper
Locusta migratoria Linnaeus, 1758African migratory locust
Pardillana limbata Stål, 1878Common Pardillana
Peakesia brunnea White, 1841Grey peakesia
Pseudochorthippus parallelus Zetterstedt, 1821Meadow Grasshopper
Stenobothrus lineatus lineatus Panzer, 1796Stripe-winged Grasshopper
Valanga meleager Sjöstedt, 1921Coastal valanga

Subnodes of Acrididae with occurrences in Sydney
SubfamilyAcridinae
MacLeay, 1821
Silent slant-faced grasshoppers, Slant-faced and Band-winged Grasshoppers
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCatantopinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
Spur-throated grasshoppers, Spur-throated Grasshoppers and Locusts
6
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtacanthacridinae
Kirby, 1902
Bird grasshoppers
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGomphocerinae
Fieber, 1853
Grasshoppers, Slant-faced grasshoppers
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOedipodinae
Walker, 1871
Band-winged grasshoppers
2
2
Genera
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