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Checklist for Superfamily Pyrgomorphoidea Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874
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
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
10
118
214
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
9
117
212
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Pyrgomorphoidea
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874
1
16
33
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Melanesia
1 Family width 33 Species
Pyrgomorphidae Brunner von ..., 1874Bushlocusts33SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Melanesia
16 Genera with 33 Species
Atractomorpha Saussure, 18422SpeciesTaxom
Buergersius Ramme, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Desmoptera Bolivar, 19411SpeciesTaxom
Desmopterella Ramme, 197011SpeciesTaxom
Fijipyrgus Kevan, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Megra Campion, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Modernacris Willemse, 19356SpeciesTaxom
Nerenia Bolivar, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Noonacris Kevan, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Paratarbaleus Ramme, 19302SpeciesTaxom
Prosphena Bolivar, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgomorpha Serville, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Sphenacris Bolivar, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Stenoxyphula Kevan, 19411SpeciesTaxom
Stenoxyphus Blanchard, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Tarbaleopsis Ramme, 19661SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Melanesia
33 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
Fijipyrgus gracilis Kevan, 1966
Megra flava Willemse, 1922
Modernacris callosa Uvarov, 1937
Modernacris carpentieri Willemse, 1949
Modernacris controversa Willemse, 1931
Modernacris forcipata Willemse, 1949
Modernacris guentheri Ramme, 1941
Modernacris simplex Willemse, 1935
Nerenia francoisi Bolivar, 1905
Noonacris pusilla Kevan, 1966
Paratarbaleus novaeguineae Ramme, 1930
Paratarbaleus spinosus Ramme, 1930
Prosphena scudderi Bolivar, 1884
Pyrgomorpha crenaticeps (Blanchard, 1853)⇒ Atractomorpha crenaticeps Blanchard, 1853
Sphenacris granulatus (Bolivar, 1905)⇒ Nerenia francoisi Bolivar, 1905
Stenoxyphula excisa Ramme, 1941
Stenoxyphus aurantiacus Karsch, 1896
Tarbaleopsis hystrix Kevan, 1966

Subnodes of Pyrgomorphoidea with occurrences in Melanesia
FamilyPyrgomorphidae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874
Bushlocusts, gaudy grasshopper, Gaudy grasshoppers, Pyrgomorphs
16
33
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Pyrgomorphoidea at itis.gov