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Checklist for Infraorder Acrididea Song & al., 2015
and region Fiji (Melanesia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
292
2001
4417
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
292
2001
4417
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
286
1980
4363
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
32
93
178
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
12
50
114
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
3
8
9
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
3
8
9
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Fiji
3 Families width 9 Species
Tetrigidae Rambur, 1838Groundhoppers5SpeciesTaxom
Acrididae MacLeay, 1819Grasshoppers and locusts3SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgomorphidae Brunner von ..., 1874Bushlocusts1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Fiji
8 Genera with 9 Species
Amphinotus Hancock, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Austracris Uvarov, 1870Striped Spur-throated Locust1SpeciesTaxom
Fijipyrgus Kevan, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Locusta Linnaeus, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Oedipoda Latreille, 18411SpeciesTaxom
Paratettix I. Bolivar, 1887Creek Pygmy Grasshoppers2SpeciesTaxom
Salomonotettix Günther, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Thyrsus Bolivar, 18871SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Fiji
9 Species
Amphinotus abbreviatus Bolivar, 1887
Austracris guttulosa Walker, 1870Spur-throated locust
Fijipyrgus gracilis Kevan, 1966
Locusta migratoria Linnaeus, 1758African migratory locust
Oedipoda liturata Le Guillou, 1841
Paratettix feejeeanus Bruner, 1916
Paratettix pullus Bolivar, 1887
Salomonotettix godeffroyi Günther, 1939
Thyrsus tiaratus Bolivar, 1887

Subnodes of Acrididea with occurrences in Fiji
SuperfamilyTetrigoidea
Serville, 1838
1
4
5
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Acrididea at itis.gov