Species list, Checklist of Suborder Caelifera (Short-horned grasshoppers) for Samoa (Polynesia)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	191 921 1762	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	191 921 1762	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	187 916 1755	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Polyneoptera Martynov, 1923	21 48 73	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Orthoptera Latreille, 1793 Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas	10 29 47	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Caelifera Geoffroy, 1764 Short-horned grasshoppers	2 5 6	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Samoa
2 Families width 6 Species and 1 Subspecies

Acrididae MacLeay, 1819	Grasshoppers and locusts	4	Species	Taxom
Tetrigidae Rambur, 1838	Groundhoppers	2	Species	Taxom

Genera for Samoa
5 Genera with 6 Species

Austracris Uvarov, 1924	Striped Spur-throated Locust	3	Species	Taxom
Hydrotetrix Uvarov, 1929		2	Species	Taxom
Macromotettix Günther, 1929		2	Species	Taxom
Schistocerca Stål, 1899	Bird grasshoppers	2	Species	Taxom
Valanga Uvarov, 1909	Red-legged Valanga	1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Samoa
6 Species and 1 Subspecies

Austracris guttulosa Walker, 1870	Spur-throated locust
Austracris guttulosa nana Uvarov, 1924
Hydrotetrix samoana Chopard, 1929
Macromotettix compactus Chopard, 1929
Schistocerca alutacea Harris, 1841	Green bird grasshopper
Schistocerca lineata (Scudder, 1899)	⇒ Schistocerca alutacea Harris, 1841
Valanga stercoraria Holdhaus, 1909

Subnodes of Caelifera with occurrences in Samoa

Infraorder

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