Gaudy Grasshoppers - Family: Pyrgomorphidae
Subfamily: Orthacridinae
Tribe: Psednurini
Common Psednura - Psednura pedestris
Subfamily: Pyrgomorphinae
Tribe: Atractomorphini
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Northern Grass Pyrgomorph - Atractomorpha similis
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Tribe: Monistriini
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Spotted Mountain Grasshopper - Monistria concinna
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Common Pyrgomorph - Monistria discrepans
Blistered Pyrgomorph - Monistria pustulifera (possible occurrence)
Taxonomy:
Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
> Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
> Class: Insecta (Insects)
> Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and Once-winged Insects)
> Order: Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets and Katydids)
> Suborder: Caelifera (Grasshoppers, Locusts and Allies)
> Infraorder: Acrididea (Grasshoppers)
> Superfamily: Pyrgomorphoidea (Gaudy Grasshoppers)
> Family: Pyrgomorphidae (Gaudy Grasshoppers)
> Subfamily: Orthacridinae
> Tribe: Psednurini
> Genus: Psednura
> Species: P. pedestris - Common Psednura
> Subfamily: Pyrgomorphinae
> Tribe: Atractomorphini
> Genus: Atractomorpha
> Species: A. australis - Australian Grass Pyrgomorph
> Species: A. similis - Northern Grass Pyrgomorph
> Tribe: Monistriini
> Genus: Monistria
> Species: M. concinna - Spotted Mountain Grasshopper
> Species: M. discrepans - Common Pyrgomorph
> Species: M. pustulifera - Blistered Pyrgomorph ^
^ = possibly
* = likely
References and links:
Photographic contributions:
Beringen, Erik. C 873.
Beringen, Erik. C 873.