Checklist for Superfamily Acridoidea MacLeay, 1819
and region Papua New Guinea (Melanesia)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 458
5336
18787 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 455
5331
18781 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 433
5239
18576 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 45
249
594 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas | 15
114
189 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers | 5
49
81 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
| 5
49
81 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1819
| 1
14
18 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Papua New Guinea
1 Family width 18 Species and 3 Subspecies
Genera for Papua New Guinea
14 Genera with 18 Species | Abisares Stål, 1914 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Austracris Uvarov, 1870 | Striped Spur-throated Locust | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gesonula Uvarov, 1870 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heteropternis Stål, 1853 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Melanoplus Stål, 1877 | Spur-throat grasshoppers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oedipoda Latreille, 1848 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Opiptacris Walker, 1966 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Oxya Serville, 1853 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rectitropis Sjöstedt, 1898 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sitalces animalSitalc..., 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stenocatantops Dirsh, 1920 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Stethophyma Fischer, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tauchiridea Bolivar, 1918 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Valanga Uvarov, 1907 | Red-legged Valanga | 4 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Papua New Guinea
18 Species and 3 Subspecies | Abisares viridipennis hylaeus Rehn, J.A.G., 1914 | | | Austracris guttulosa Walker, 1870 | Spur-throated locust | | Gesonula mundata Walker, 1870 | Common Gesonula | | Heteropternis obscurella Blanchard, 1853 | Long-legged Bandwing | | Melanoplus angustipennis Dodge, 1877 | Narrow-winged Locust | | Oedipoda homoptera (Eversmann, 1848) | ⇒ Euthystira brachyptera brachyptera Ocskay, 1826 | | Opiptacris alata Willemse, 1975 | | | Opiptacris castanea Kevan, 1966 | | | Oxya japonica vitticollis Blanchard, 1853 | | | Rectitropis brunneri Bolivar, 1898 | | | Sitalces bacilliferus | | | Stenocatantops angustifrons Walker, 1870 | Common tropical sharptail | | Stenocatantops vitripennis Sjöstedt, 1920 | Light-brown Sharptail | | Stethophyma grossum Linnaeus, 1758 | Large marsh grasshopper | | Tauchiridea adusta Bolivar, 1918 | | | Valanga conspersa Uvarov, 1923 | | | Valanga nobilis Sjöstedt, 1930 | | | Valanga nobilis miokoana Sjöstedt, 1932 | | | Valanga papuasica Finot, 1907 | |
Subnodes of Acridoidea with occurrences in Papua New Guinea
Links, sources and further information Acridoidea at itis.gov
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