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Checklist for Family Pyrgomorphidae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874 (Bushlocusts)
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
 
Pyrgomorphoidea
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874
1
13
25
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPyrgomorphidae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874
Bushlocusts, Gaudy grasshopper, Gaudy grasshoppers
13
25
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Papua New Guinea
13 Genera with 25 Species
Atractomorpha Saussure, 18422SpeciesTaxom
Buergersius Ramme, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Desmoptera Bolivar, 19411SpeciesTaxom
Desmopterella Ramme, 197011SpeciesTaxom
Megra Campion, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Modernacris Willemse, 19411SpeciesTaxom
Noonacris Kevan, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Paratarbaleus Ramme, 19302SpeciesTaxom
Prosphena Bolivar, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgomorpha Serville, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Stenoxyphula Kevan, 19411SpeciesTaxom
Stenoxyphus Blanchard, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Tarbaleopsis Ramme, 19661SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Papua New Guinea
25 Species
Atractomorpha crenaticeps Blanchard, 1853
Atractomorpha psittacina Haan, 1842
Buergersius olivaceus Ramme, 1930
Desmoptera archipeli Ramme, 1941
Desmopterella biroi Bolivar, 1905
Desmopterella buergersi Ramme, 1941
Desmopterella cercata Ramme, 1941
Desmopterella circe Kevan, 1970
Desmopterella curvicercis Ramme, 1941
Desmopterella dahli Ramme, 1941
Desmopterella denticulata Ramme, 1941
Desmopterella haani Bolivar, 1898
Desmopterella marginata Bolivar, 1898
Desmopterella prasina Bolivar, 1905
Desmopterella willemsei Kevan, 1970
Megra flava Willemse, 1922
Modernacris guentheri Ramme, 1941
Noonacris pusilla Kevan, 1966
Paratarbaleus novaeguineae Ramme, 1930
Paratarbaleus spinosus Ramme, 1930
Prosphena scudderi Bolivar, 1884
Pyrgomorpha crenaticeps (Blanchard, 1853)⇒ Atractomorpha crenaticeps Blanchard, 1853
Stenoxyphula excisa Ramme, 1941
Stenoxyphus aurantiacus Karsch, 1896
Tarbaleopsis hystrix Kevan, 1966

Subnodes of Pyrgomorphidae with occurrences in Papua New Guinea
SubfamilyOrthacridinae
Bolivar, 1905
6
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPyrgomorphinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874
7
18
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Pyrgomorphidae at gbif.org
Pyrgomorphidae at itis.gov