Alice Springs Fauna •
Alice Springs Orthoptera – Orthopteroids >
Pycnostictus seriatus, belongs to the tribe Oedipodini group of Bandwing Grasshoppers, in the family Acrididae.
Pictures is an adult female Pycnostictus seriatus in Alice Springs, Central Australia, NT.



- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Orthoptera
- Suborder: Caelifera
- Superfamily: Acridoidea
- Family: Acrididae
- Subfamily: Acridinae
- Tribe: Oedipodini
- Genus: Pycnostictus
- Species: Pycnostictus seriatus
Footnote & References
- Many thanks to Matthew Connors for ID, member of Australian Orthopteroids, https://www.facebook.com/groups/1999965293682453
- Pycnostictus seriatus de Saussure, 1884, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Pycnostictus seriatus
- Common Bandwing Grasshopper (Pycnostictus seriatus), iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/633061-Pycnostictus-seriatus
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