Alice Springs Fauna •
Alice Springs Orthoptera – OrthopteroidsAcrida conica Common Bandwing Grasshopper (Pycnostictus seriatus) Coryphistes sp (Bark Mimic Grasshopper) Craspedogryllacris Garden Mantis Giant Grasshopper Macrotona Orthodera marginata Spur-throated Locust Terpandrus tauwa (Northern Tropical Gumleaf Katydid) Variable Stropis (Stropis nigrovitellina) Urnisa guttulosa
The grasshopper pictured here belongs to the genus Macrotona, in the family Acrididae.
They are usually found around spinifex, but can also be seen in urban environments. The one pictured here was in Alice Springs in the Northern Territory.
Check out our Fauna section on Orthoptera | Australian Orthopteroid Index
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Orthoptera
- Suborder: Caelifera
- Superfamily: Acridoidea
- Family: Acrididae
- Subfamily: Catantopinae
- Tribe: Cyrtacanthacridini
- Subtribe: Macrotonina
- Genus: Macrotona
Footnote & References
- Many thanks for ID to Matthew Connors, members of the Australian Orthopteroids, Facebook group, https://www.facebook.com/groups/1999965293682453/
- Macrotona Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893, Atlas of Living Australia,, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Macrotona
Giant GrasshopperValanga irregularis nymph Valanga irregularis as prey
Alice Springs Orthoptera – OrthopteroidsAcrida conica Common Bandwing Grasshopper (Pycnostictus seriatus) Coryphistes sp (Bark Mimic Grasshopper) Craspedogryllacris Garden Mantis Giant Grasshopper Macrotona Orthodera marginata Spur-throated Locust Terpandrus tauwa (Northern Tropical Gumleaf Katydid) Variable Stropis (Stropis nigrovitellina) Urnisa guttulosa
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