Acrididae

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Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Orthoptera Acrididae
Ecphantus quadrilobus Stål, 1878

Ecphantus quadrilobus Stål, 1878

Ecphantus quadrilobus Stål, 1878

Ecphantus quadrilobus is a short-horned grasshopper from arid northern Australia that makes a defensive whining sound when handled.

Pardillana limbata (Stål, 1878)

Pardillana limbata (Stål, 1878)

Pardillana limbata (Stål, 1878)

Pardillana limbata, the common pardillana, is an Australian short-horned grasshopper species in the Acrididae family.

Percassa rugifrons (Stål, 1878)

Percassa rugifrons (Stål, 1878)

Percassa rugifrons (Stål, 1878)

Percassa is an Australian Acrididae grasshopper genus with one described species, P. rugifrons.

Sigaus australis (Hutton, 1898)

Sigaus australis (Hutton, 1898)

Sigaus australis (Hutton, 1898)

Sigaus australis is a flightless, colour-polymorphic New Zealand grasshopper projected to lose most suitable habitat by 2070.

Sigaus campestris (Hutton, 1898)

Sigaus campestris (Hutton, 1898)

Sigaus campestris (Hutton, 1898)

Sigaus campestris is a flightless short-horned grasshopper species endemic to the South Island of New Zealand.

Sigaus piliferus Hutton, 1898

Sigaus piliferus Hutton, 1898

Sigaus piliferus Hutton, 1898

Sigaus piliferus is a North Island New Zealand alpine short-horned grasshopper with two distinct ecotypes.

Russalpia albertisi Bolívar, 1898

Russalpia albertisi Bolívar, 1898

Russalpia albertisi Bolívar, 1898

Russalpia albertisi is an endemic flightless Tasmanian grasshopper that does not make stridulatory sounds.

Tasmaniacris tasmaniensis Bolívar, 1898

Tasmaniacris tasmaniensis Bolívar, 1898

Tasmaniacris tasmaniensis Bolívar, 1898

Tasmaniacris is a monotypic Acrididae genus containing the flightless Tasmanian species T. tasmaniensis.

Diabolocatantops axillaris (Thunberg, 1815)

Diabolocatantops axillaris (Thunberg, 1815)

Diabolocatantops axillaris (Thunberg, 1815)

Diabolocatantops axillaris is an African grasshopper that is a pearl millet pest in the West African Sahel.

Diabolocatantops pinguis (Stål, 1861)

Diabolocatantops pinguis (Stål, 1861)

Diabolocatantops pinguis (Stål, 1861)

Diabolocatantops pinguis is a grasshopper species native to South, East, and Southeast Asia, with no listed subspecies.

Diabolocatantops innotabilis (Walker, 1870)

Diabolocatantops innotabilis (Walker, 1870)

Diabolocatantops innotabilis (Walker, 1870)

Diabolocatantops innotabilis is a polyphagous short-horned grasshopper from South Asia that acts as a minor crop pest.

Stenocatantops angustifrons (Walker, 1870)

Stenocatantops angustifrons (Walker, 1870)

Stenocatantops angustifrons (Walker, 1870)

The common tropical sharptail Stenocatantops angustifrons is a short-horned grasshopper found in Southeast Asia, Oceania, and northern Australia.

Stenocatantops mistshenkoi Willemse, 1968

Stenocatantops mistshenkoi Willemse, 1968

Stenocatantops mistshenkoi Willemse, 1968

Stenocatantops mistshenkoi is a short-horned grasshopper from the Acrididae family found in eastern Asia.

Stenocatantops splendens (Thunberg, 1815)

Stenocatantops splendens (Thunberg, 1815)

Stenocatantops splendens (Thunberg, 1815)

Stenocatantops splendens is a short-horned grasshopper from the Acrididae family, found in Indomalaya and eastern Asia.

Phaulacridium vittatum (Sjöstedt, 1920)

Phaulacridium vittatum (Sjöstedt, 1920)

Phaulacridium vittatum (Sjöstedt, 1920)

Phaulacridium vittatum, the Wingless Grasshopper, is an Australian short-horned grasshopper in the family Acrididae.

Phaulacridium marginale (Walker, 1870)

Phaulacridium marginale (Walker, 1870)

Phaulacridium marginale (Walker, 1870)

Phaulacridium marginale is a common flightless short-horned grasshopper widespread across New Zealand and its offshore islands.

Goniaea opomaloides (Walker, 1870)

Goniaea opomaloides (Walker, 1870)

Goniaea opomaloides (Walker, 1870)

Goniaea opomaloides is a grasshopper species in the Acrididae family, described by Francis Walker in 1870.

Goniaea australasiae (Leach, 1814)

Goniaea australasiae (Leach, 1814)

Goniaea australasiae (Leach, 1814)

Goniaea australasiae is an Acrididae grasshopper widely used in research on meiosis and genetic recombination.

Rhitzala modesta Sjöstedt, 1921

Rhitzala modesta Sjöstedt, 1921

Rhitzala modesta Sjöstedt, 1921

Rhitzala is an Australian monotypic genus of short-horned grasshoppers in the Acrididae family.

Urnisa guttulosa (Walker, 1870)

Urnisa guttulosa (Walker, 1870)

Urnisa guttulosa (Walker, 1870)

Urnisa guttulosa is a short-horned grasshopper of the Acrididae family found in Australia.

Tauchira polychroa (Stål, 1875)

Tauchira polychroa (Stål, 1875)

Tauchira polychroa (Stål, 1875)

Tauchira polychroa is a short-horned grasshopper species from the Acrididae family found in Southeast Asia.

Traulia orientalis Ramme, 1941

Traulia orientalis Ramme, 1941

Traulia orientalis Ramme, 1941

Traulia orientalis is a short-horned grasshopper species from the Acrididae family found in eastern and southeastern Asia.

Traulia ornata Shiraki, 1910

Traulia ornata Shiraki, 1910

Traulia ornata Shiraki, 1910

Traulia ornata Shiraki, 1910 is a short-horned grasshopper from Acrididae found in south and eastern Asia.

Heteracris pterosticha (Fischer von Waldheim, 1833)

Heteracris pterosticha (Fischer von Waldheim, 1833)

Heteracris pterosticha (Fischer von Waldheim, 1833)

Heteracris pterosticha is a short-horned grasshopper species in the Acrididae family found in the Palearctic.

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