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Checklist for Infraorder Acrididea Song & al., 2015
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
 


List of families for Cape York Peninsula
4 Families width 18 Species
Acrididae MacLeay, 1819Grasshoppers and locusts11SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgomorphidae Brunner von ..., 1874Bushlocusts2SpeciesTaxom
Tetrigidae Rambur, 1838Groundhoppers3SpeciesTaxom
Morabidae Rehn, 19482SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Cape York Peninsula
12 Genera with 18 Species
Austracris Uvarov, 1870Striped Spur-throated Locust2SpeciesTaxom
Chrotogonus Serville, 18361SpeciesTaxom
Coptotettix Bolivar, 19521SpeciesTaxom
Gesonula Uvarov, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Heteropternis Stål, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Leionotacris Jago, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Macrolopholia Sjöstedt, 1920Giant Crested Grasshoppers1SpeciesTaxom
Monistria Stål, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Moraba Walker, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Paratettix I. Bolivar, 1921Creek Pygmy Grasshoppers2SpeciesTaxom
Stenocatantops Dirsh, 19202SpeciesTaxom
Valanga Uvarov, 1870Red-legged Valanga1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape York Peninsula
18 Species
Austracris basalis Walker, 1870Spotted Spur-throated Locust
Austracris guttulosa Walker, 1870Spur-throated locust
Chrotogonus (Chrotogonus) trachypterus Blanchard, 1836
Coptotettix fretorum Rehn, 1952
Gesonula mundata Walker, 1870Common Gesonula
Heteropternis obscurella Blanchard, 1853Long-legged Bandwing
Leionotacris bolivari Uvarov, 1921
Macrolopholia altocristata Sjöstedt, 1920
Monistria pustulifera Walker, 1871Blistered Pyrgomorph
Moraba serricornis Walker, 1870
Paratettix femoralis (Bolivar, 1887)⇒ Paratettix argillaceus Erichson, 1842
Paratettix nigrescens Sjöstedt, 1921
Stenocatantops angustifrons Walker, 1870Common tropical sharptail
Stenocatantops vitripennis Sjöstedt, 1920Light-brown Sharptail
Valanga irregularis Walker, 1870Giant Grasshopper

Subnodes of Acrididea with occurrences in Cape York Peninsula
SuperfamilyTetrigoidea
Serville, 1838
1
2
3
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Acrididea at itis.gov