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Checklist for Superfamily Acridoidea MacLeay, 1819
and region New Guinea (Australasia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
397
4697
21747
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
396
4696
21746
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
381
4612
21406
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
52
413
1666
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
20
234
1110
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
7
88
505
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
6
87
504
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
2
23
74
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for New Guinea
2 Families width 74 Species and 8 Subspecies
Acrididae MacLeay, 1819Grasshoppers and locusts73SpeciesTaxom
Dericorythidae Jacobson & B..., 19021SpeciesTaxom


Genera for New Guinea
23 Genera with 74 Species
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Acrida Linnaeus, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Caryanda Stål, 18973SpeciesTaxom
Chitaura Bolivar, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Cranae Stål, 18429SpeciesTaxom
Guineacris Ramme, 19411SpeciesTaxom
Heteropternis Stål, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Locusta Linnaeus, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Malua Ramme, 19411SpeciesTaxom
Moessonia Willemse, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Oedipoda Latreille, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Orthacanthacris Karsch, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Oxya Serville, 18534SpeciesTaxom
Phalaca Bolivar, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Pseudocranae Bolivar, 194124SpeciesTaxom
Rectitropis Sjöstedt, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Salinacris Willemse, 19381SpeciesTaxom
Sphaerocranae Willemse, 197211SpeciesTaxom
Stenocatantops Dirsh, 19562SpeciesTaxom
Tarbaleus Brunner von ..., 19221SpeciesTaxom
Tauchiridea Bolivar, 19675SpeciesTaxom
Valanga Uvarov, 1907Red-legged Valanga9SpeciesTaxom
Willemsea Uvarov, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Xenocatantops Dirsh & Uvarov, 18381SpeciesTaxom


Species list for New Guinea
74 Species and 8 Subspecies
Acrida conica Fabricius, 1781Giant Green Slant-face
Caryanda flavo-maculata Bolívar, 1918
Caryanda flavomaculata Bolivar, 1918
Caryanda pulchra Brancsik, 1897
Chitaura haani Bolivar, 1918
Cranae caprai Ramme, 1941
Cranae genjam Willemse, 1977
Cranae glabra Willemse, 1977
Cranae longipennis Willemse, 1977
Cranae manokwari Willemse, 1977
Cranae rubra Willemse, 1977
Cranae rufipes Ramme, 1941
Cranae trivittata Willemse, 1922
Cranae unistrigata Haan, 1842
Guineacris cercata Ramme, 1941
Heteropternis guineensis Blanchard, 1853
Locusta cerineipennis (Harris, T.W., 1835)⇒ Spharagemon marmorata Harris, 1841
Malua burgersi Ramme, 1941
Moessonia novaeguineae Willemse, 1957
Oedipoda homoptera (Eversmann, 1848)⇒ Euthystira brachyptera brachyptera Ocskay, 1826
Orthacanthacris bimaculatua Willemse, 1922
Oxya chinensis Thunberg, 1815Chinese rice grasshopper
Oxya japonica Thunberg, 1815Japanese grasshopper
Oxya japonica japonica Thunberg, 1815
Oxya japonica vitticollis Blanchard, 1853
Phalaca coleoptrata Bolivar, 1898
Pseudocranae bimaculata Willemse, 1935
Pseudocranae bolivari Willemse, 1922
Pseudocranae cornelii Willemse, 1972
Pseudocranae elegans Willemse, 1972
Pseudocranae flavosignata Willemse, 1972
Pseudocranae gracilis Willemse, 1932
Pseudocranae gressitti Willemse, 1973
Pseudocranae intermedia Willemse, 1972
Pseudocranae jucunda Brancsik, 1897
Pseudocranae katemensis Willemse, 1972
Pseudocranae litoralis Willemse, 1973
Pseudocranae lorentzi Willemse, 1938
Pseudocranae loriae Bolivar, 1898
Pseudocranae mayri Ramme, 1941
Pseudocranae nana Willemse, 1932
Pseudocranae picta Willemse, 1973
Pseudocranae pseudojucunda Willemse, 1972
Pseudocranae rammei Willemse, 1972
Pseudocranae rubroannulata Ramme, 1941
Pseudocranae similis Willemse, 1972
Pseudocranae simplex Willemse, 1972
Pseudocranae tenuis Willemse, 1972
Pseudocranae tibialis Willemse, 1972
Pseudocranae uniformis Ramme, 1941
Rectitropis brunneri Bolivar, 1898
Salinacris bifasciata Willemse, 1938
Sphaerocranae bicingulata Willemse, 1973
Sphaerocranae bipartita Willemse, 1973
Sphaerocranae distincta Willemse, 1973
Sphaerocranae fasciata Willemse, 1973
Sphaerocranae maai Willemse, 1973
Sphaerocranae nakatae Willemse, 1973
Sphaerocranae octomaculata Willemse, 1957
Sphaerocranae poecila Willemse, 1973
Sphaerocranae pseudogracilis Willemse, 1973
Sphaerocranae quadrimaculata Willemse, 1973
Sphaerocranae rufipes Willemse, 1972
Stenocatantops angustifrons Walker, 1870Common tropical sharptail
Stenocatantops immaculatus Willemse, 1956
Tarbaleus ferrugineus Willemse, 1922
Tauchiridea adusta Bolivar, 1918
Tauchiridea adusta adusta Bolivar, 1918
Tauchiridea adusta brunnea Willemse, F...., 1973
Tauchiridea adusta laeta Ramme, 1941
Tauchiridea pykai Willemse, 1967
Valanga conspersa Uvarov, 1923
Valanga conspersa conspersa Uvarov, 1923
Valanga fakfakensis Sjöstedt, 1932
Valanga gohieri Le Guillou, 1841
Valanga nigricornis Burmeister, 1838Javanese Bird Grasshopper
Valanga nigricornis sakoemiensis Sjöstedt, 1932
Valanga nobilis Sjöstedt, 1930
Valanga nobilis nobilis Sjöstedt, 1930
Valanga papuasica Finot, 1907
Willemsea bimaculata Willemse, 1922
Xenocatantops humilis Serville, 1838

Subnodes of Acridoidea with occurrences in New Guinea
FamilyAcrididae
MacLeay, 1819
Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers, Shorthorned Grasshoppers
22
73
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyDericorythidae
Jacobson & Bianchi, 1902
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Acridoidea at itis.gov