Short-horned Grasshoppers - Family: Acrididae
Photo by D.Davey
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Subfamily: Acridinae
Tribe: Acridini
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Giant Green Slantface - Acrida conica
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C 708 - E.Beringen
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Caledia - Caledia captiva
Golden Bandwing - Cryptobothrus chrysophorus
Froggatt's Buzzer - Froggattina australis
Spring Buzzer - Perala viridis
Disappearing Grasshopper - Schizobothrus flavovittatus
Subfamily: Catantopinae
Tribe: Catantopini
Subtribe: Apotropina
Epallia exigua
Robust Figurga - Fipurga crassa (likely occurrence)
Subtribe: Aretzina
Stripe-winged Meadow Grasshopper - Brachexarna lobipennis (possible occurrence)
Red-legged Exarna - Exarna includens
Subtribe: Cantanopina
Stenocatantops sp. (possible occurrence)
Subtribe: Cirphulina
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Variable Cirphula - Cirphula pyrrhocnemis
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D 002 - D.Davey
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Subtribe: Coryphistina
Common Adreppus - Adreppus fallax
Bark-mimiching Grasshopper - Coryphistes ruricola
Subtribe: Eumecistina
Collared Grasshopper - Pardilana limbata
Retuspia sp. (possible occurrence)
Subtribe : Goniaeina
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Common Gumleaf Grasshopper - Goniaea australasiae
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C 1314 - E.Beringen
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Black-kneed Gumleaf Grasshopper - Goniaea carinata
Mimetic Gumleaf Grasshopper - Goniaea opomaloides
Slender Gumleaf Grasshopper - Goniaea vocans
Subtribe: Maclystriina
Genus ?
Subtribe: Macrotonina
Common Macrotona - Macrotona australis
Handsome Macrotona - Macrotona mjobergi
Inland Macrotona - Macrotona securiformis
Subtribe: Peakesiina
Cedarinia sp.
Peakesisa sp. (likely occurrence)
Subtribe: Perbelliina
Wingless Grasshopper - Phaulacridium vittatum
Subtribe: Urnisina
Short-winged Heath Grasshopper - Rhitzala modesta
Subfamily: Cyrtacanthacridinae
Unplaced genera
Spur-throated Locust - Austracris guttulosa
Confusing Spur-throated Locust - Austracris proxima
Tribe: Cyrtacanthacridini
Nomadacris sp. (possible occurrence)
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Giant Grasshopper - Valanga irregularis
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C 731 - E.Beringen
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Subfamily: Oediponinae
Unplaced genera
Austroicetes sp.
Australian Plague Locust - Chortoicetes terminifera
Common Bandwing Grasshopper - Pycnostictus seriatus
Qualetta maculata (possible occurrence)
Tribe: Epacromiini
Slender Green-winged Grasshopper - Aiolopus thalassinus
Long-legged Bandwing - Heteropternis obscurella
Tribe: Locustini
Australian Yellow-winged Locust - Gastrimargus musicus
Subtribe: Locustina
Migratory Locust - Locusta migratoria
Australian Oedaleus - Oedaleus australis
Tribe: Sphingonotini
Genus: Sphingonotus > Subgenus: Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus)
Australian Sphingonotus - Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) erythropterus
Australian Sphingonotus - Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) erythropterus
Subfamily: Oxynae
Tribe: Oxyini
Garden Bermius - Bermius brachycerus
Eastern Toothed Bermius - Bermius odontocercus
Common Gesonula - Gesonula mundata
Japanese Rice Grasshopper - Oxya japonica
Tribe: Praxibulini
Red-legged Methiola - Methoila picta
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Little Black-Knees - Methiolopsis geniculata
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C 561 - E.Beringen
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Praxibulis lophicus (possible occurrence)
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Praxibulis queenslandicus
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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: Acridoidea (Short-horned Grasshoppers and Locusts)
> Family: Acrididae (Short-horned Grasshoppers)
> Subfamily: Acridinae
> Tribe: Acridini
> Genus: Acrida (Slantface Grasshoppers)
> Species: A. conica - Giant Green Slantface
> Genus: Caledia
> Species: C. captiva - Caledia
> Genus: Cryptobothrus
> Species: C. chrysophorus - Golden Bandwing
> Genus: Froggattina
> Species: F. australis - Froggatt's Buzzer
> Genus: Perala
> Species: P. viridis - Spring Buzzer
> Genus: Schizobothrus
> Species: S. flavovittatus - Disappearing Grasshopper
> Subfamily: Catantopinae (Spur-throated Grasshoppers)
> Tribe: Catantopini
> Subtribe: Apotropina
> Genus: Epallia
> Species: E. exigua
> Genus: Fipurga
> Species: F. crassa - Robust Fipurga *
> Subtribe: Aretzina
> Genus: Brachyexarna
> Species: B. lobipennis - Stripe-winged Meadow Grasshopper ^
> Genus: Exarna
> Species: E. includens - Red-legged Exarna
> Subtribe: Catantopina
> Genus: Stenocatantops ^
> Species: ?
> Subtribe: Cirphulina
> Genus: Cirphula
> Species: C. pyrrhocnemis - Variable Cirphula
> Subtribe: Coryphistina
> Genus: Adreppus
> Species: A. fallax - Common Adreppus
> Genus: Coryphistes
> Species: C. ruricola - Bark-mimicking Grasshopper
> Subtribe: Eumecistina
> Genus: Pardillana
> Species: P. limbata - Collared Grasshopper
> Genus: Retuspia ^
> Species: ?
> Subtribe: Goniaeina
> Genus: Goniaea (Gumleaf Grasshoppers)
> Species: G. australasiae - Common Gumleaf Grasshopper
> Species: G. carinata - Black-kneed Gumleaf Grasshopper
> Species: G. opomaloides - Mimetic Gumleaf Grasshopper
> Species: G. vocans - Slender Gumleaf Grasshopper
> Subtribe: Maclystriina *
> Genus: ?
> Subtribe: Macrotonina
> Genus: Macrotona (Macrotonas)
> Species: M. australis - Common Macrotona
> Species: M. mjobergi - Handsome Macrotona
> Species: M. securiformis - Inland Macrotona
> Subtribe: Peakesiina
> Genus: Cedarinia (Cedarinias)
> Species: ?
> Genus: Peakesia *
> Species: ?
> Subtribe: Perbelliina
> Genus: Phaulacridium
> Species: P. vittatum - Wingless Grasshopper
> Subtribe: Urnisina
> Genus: Rhitzala
> Species: R. modesta - Short-winged Heath Grasshopper
> Subfamily: Cyrtacanthacridinae (Bird Grasshoppers)
> Unplaced genera
> Genus: Austracris
> Species: A. guttulosa - Spur-throated Locust
> Species: A. proxima - Confusing Spur-throated Locust
> Tribe: Cyrtacanthacridini
> Genus: Nomadacris ^
> Species: ?
> Genus: Valanga
> Species: V. irregularis - Giant Grasshopper
> Subfamily: Oedipodinae (Bandwing Grasshoppers)
> Unplaced genera
> Genus: Austroicetes
> Species: ?
> Genus: Chortoicetes
> Species: C. terminifera - Australian Plague Locust
> Genus: Pycnostictus
> Species: P. seriatus - Common Bandwing Grasshopper
> Genus: Qualetta
> Species: Q. maculata ^
> Tribe: Epacromiini
> Genus: Aiolopus
> Species: A. thalassinus - Slender Green-winged Grasshopper
> Genus: Heteropternis
> Species: H. obscurella - Long-legged Bandwing
> Tribe: Locustini
> Genus: Gastrimargus (Green Locusts)
> Species: G. musicus - Australian Yellow-winged Locust
> Subtribe: Locustina
> Genus: Locusta
> Species: L. migratoria - Migratory Locust
> Genus: Oedaleus
> Species: O. australis - Australian Oedaleus
> Tribe: Sphingonotini
> Genus: Sphingonotus
> Subgenus: S. (Sphingonotus)
> Species: S. (Spingonotus) erythropterus - Australian Sphingonotus
> Subfamily: Oxyinae
> Tribe: Oxyini
> Genus: Bermius
> Species: B. brachycerus - Garden Bermius
> Species: B. odontocercus - Eastern Toothed Bermius
> Genus: Gesonula
> Species: G. mundata - Common Gesonula
> Genus: Oxya (Rice Grasshoppers)
> Species: O. japonica - Japanese Rice Grasshopper
> Tribe: Praxibulini
> Genus: Methiola (Methiolas)
> Species: M. picta - Red-legged Methiola
> Genus: Methiolopsis
> Species: M. geniculata - Little Black Knees
> Genus: Praxibulus
> Species: P. lophicus ^
> Species: P. queenslandicus
^ = possibly
* = likely
References and links:
Photographic contributions:
Beringen, Erik. C 561 - C 708 - C 731 - C 1306 - C 1314 - C 2284 - C 2285.
Davey, Diana. D 002 - D 004.
Beringen, Erik. C 561 - C 708 - C 731 - C 1306 - C 1314 - C 2284 - C 2285.
Davey, Diana. D 002 - D 004.