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The Orthoptera are part of a group known as Orthopteroid (Australian Orthopteroids) insects, that are some of the most well-known insects in Australia, with species found all over the country encompassing a number of orders.
The Orthopteroid orders include Orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets, and allies), Mantodea (mantises), Phasmatodea (stick and leaf insects), Blattodea (cockroaches and termites), Embioptera (webspinners), Dermaptera (earwigs), Plecoptera (stoneflies), Zoraptera (angel insects), and the non-Australian Notoptera (ice crawlers and gladiators).
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Alice Springs Orthoptera – OrthopteroidsAcrida conica Common Bandwing Grasshopper (Pycnostictus seriatus) Coryphistes sp (Bark Mimic Grasshopper) Garden Mantis Giant Grasshopper Spur-throated Locust Variable Stropis (Stropis nigrovitellina) Woodger’s Gumleaf Katydid (Terpandrus)
From the order Orthoptera, that include grasshoppers, crickets, and allies), order Blattodea (cockroaches and termites), order Mantodea (mantises), order Phasmatodea (stick and leaf insects), order Embioptera (webspinners), order Dermaptera (earwigs), order Plecoptera (stoneflies), order Zoraptera (angel insects), and the non-Australian order Notoptera (ice crawlers and gladiators).1
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Orthoptera
- Suborder: Caelifera
- Suborder: Ensifera
- Family: Eumastacidae
Footnote & References
- Orthoptera, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/0192736e-0955-4830-9977-61e07c843b28
- Orthoptera (Grasshoppers & Locusts), What Bug Is That? The Guide To Australian Insect Families, https://anic.csiro.au/insectfamilies/order_overview.aspx?OrderID=24892&PageID=overview
- Phylum Arthropoda-Subphylum Hexapoda-Class Insecta-Order Orthoptera, Key to Australian Freshwater and Terrestrial Invertebrates, https://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/TFI/start%20key/key/hexapoda%20key/Media/HTML/Orthoptera.html
- Australian Orthopteroids, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/projects/australian-orthopteroids
Alice Springs Orthoptera – OrthopteroidsAcrida conica Common Bandwing Grasshopper (Pycnostictus seriatus) Coryphistes sp (Bark Mimic Grasshopper) Garden Mantis Giant Grasshopper Spur-throated Locust Variable Stropis (Stropis nigrovitellina) Woodger’s Gumleaf Katydid (Terpandrus)
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