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Checklist for Suborder Ensifera Lesson, 1843 (Locusts)
and region Melanesia (Oceania)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
591
9292
32656
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
588
9284
32647
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
562
9130
32273
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
73
564
1562
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
25
311
814
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Ensifera
Lesson, 1843
Locusts, Long-horned grasshoppers, Long-horned Orthoptera
15
193
600
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Melanesia
15 Families width 600 Species and 21 Subspecies
Anostostomatidae Saussure, 1859Wetas & King Crickets10SpeciesTaxom
Eneopteridae (Saussure, 1893)Bush cricket63SpeciesTaxom
Gryllacrididae Blanchard, 1845Camel Crickets24SpeciesTaxom
Gryllidae Bolivar, 1878Crickets88SpeciesTaxom
Gryllotalpidae Saussure, 1870Mole cricket2SpeciesTaxom
Mogoplistidae Saussure, 1877Scaly cricket17SpeciesTaxom
Myrmecophilidae Saussure, 1874Ant cricket3SpeciesTaxom
Oecanthidae (Blanchard, 1845)Tree cricket3SpeciesTaxom
Paragryllidae (Desutter-Gra..., 1987)14SpeciesTaxom
Phalangopsidae (Chopard, 1949)Spider cricket2SpeciesTaxom
Podoscirtidae Saussure, 1878112SpeciesTaxom
Rhaphidophoridae Walker, 1869And Cave Weta2SpeciesTaxom
Stenopelmatidae Burmeister, 1838Bulldog Raspy Crickets0SpeciesTaxom
Tettigoniidae Krauss, 1902Bush crickets171SpeciesTaxom
Trigonidiidae (Saussure, 1870)And Ground Crickets89SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Ensifera with occurrences in Melanesia
InfraorderGryllidea
Latreille, 1802
10
102
393
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderTettigoniidea
Stol, 1788
Katydids and Camel Crickets
4
90
205
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyRhaphidophoroidea
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888
1
1
2
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Ensifera at artfakta.se
Ensifera at dyntaxa.se
Ensifera at itis.gov