Species list, Checklist of Subfamily Melanoplinae (Spur-throated grasshoppers) for Polynesia (Oceania)

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Checklist for Subfamily Melanoplinae Scudder, 1897 (Spur-throated grasshoppers)
and region Polynesia (Oceania)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	635 8967 31661	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	631 8956 31644	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	600 8844 31420	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Polyneoptera Martynov, 1923	64 333 966	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Orthoptera Latreille, 1793 Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas	21 157 582	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Caelifera Geoffroy, 1764 Short-horned grasshoppers	6 40 77	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Acrididea Song & al., 2015	6 40 77	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Acridoidea MacLeay, 1819	2 32 62	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Acrididae MacLeay, 1819 Grasshoppers and locusts, Short-horned grasshoppers	31 61	Genera Species	Taxom
Subfamily	Melanoplinae Scudder, 1897 Spur-throated grasshoppers	2 5	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Polynesia
2 Genera with 5 Species

Melanoplus Stål, 1875	Spur-throat grasshoppers	4	Species	Taxom
Paraidemona Brunner, 1897		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Polynesia
5 Species

Melanoplus femurrubrum De Geer, 1773	Red-legged grasshopper
Melanoplus mexicanus Saussure, 1861
Melanoplus ponderosus Scudder, 1875	Spur-throated Grasshopper
Melanoplus yarrowii Thomas, 1875
Paraidemona mimica Scudder, 1897	Mimic grasshopper

Subnodes of Melanoplinae with occurrences in Polynesia

Tribe	Dactylotini Scudder, S.H., 1897	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom
Tribe	Melanoplini Scudder, 1897	1 4	Genus Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Melanoplinae at artfakta.se
Melanoplinae at dyntaxa.se
Melanoplinae at itis.gov