OrthopteraAustralian Orthopteroid Index Garden Mantis Grasshoppers Blistered Pyrgomorph Giant Grasshopper (Valanga irregularis) Macrotona Queensland Spotted Pyrgomorph (Greyacris profundesulcata) Katydids (family Tettigoniidae)

The Australian Orthopteroids are a group of well-known insects in Australia, encompassing the Orthopteroid orders that 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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Anamesia sp. (Cockroach), Kings Canyon, NT
Anamesia sp. (Native cockroach)
Native Cockroach (Balta bicolor), Randwick NSW © Jennifer Mather
Balta bicolor (Native Cockroach)
Native Cockroach / Bush Cockroach (Ellipsidion australe), Alice Springs, NT
Blattodea
Native Cockroach / Bush Cockroach (Ellipsidion australe), Alice Springs, NT
Bush Cockroach
Denham Stick-insect (genus Denhama), Palm Valley © Dorothy Latimer
Denham Stick-insect (genus Denhama)
Ellipsidion humerale on the Banksia praemorsa, Alice Springs NT
Ellipsidion
Garden Mantis (Orthodera ministralis), Alice Springs NT
Garden Mantis (Orthodera ministralis)
Adult female Giant Grasshopper nymph (Valanga irregularis), Alice Springs NT
Giant Grasshopper nymph (Valanga irregularis)
Giant Green Slantface Grasshopper (Acrida conica), Alice Springs NT
Giant Green Slantface Grasshopper (Acrida conica)
Katydid - Taeniomenae (genus group), Alice Springs Desert Park NT
Katydids (family Tettigoniidae)
Grasshopper genus Macrotona, Alice Springs NT
Macrotona (genus group)
Spur-throated Locust (Austracris guttulosa), Alice Springs NT
Spur-throated Locust (Austracris guttulosa)
Katydid - Taeniomenae (genus group), Alice Springs Desert Park NT
Taeniomenae (genus group) – Katydid
Toadhopper (Buforania crassa), Iparpa Claypans NT
Toadhopper (Buforania crassa)
Woodger's Gumleaf Katydid (Terpandrus woodgeri), Alice Springs NT
Woodger’s Gumleaf Katydid (Terpandrus woodgeri)

  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Subphylum: Hexapoda
  • Class: Insecta
  • Informal: Pterygotes
  • Order: Orthoptera
  • Suborder: Caelifera
  • Suborder: Ensifera
  • Family: Eumastacidae

Footnote & References

  1. Orthoptera, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/0192736e-0955-4830-9977-61e07c843b28
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. Australian Orthopteroids, iNaturalist, https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/australian-orthopteroids
  5. Orthopteroid, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthopteroid

OrthopteraAustralian Orthopteroid Index Garden Mantis Grasshoppers Blistered Pyrgomorph Giant Grasshopper (Valanga irregularis) Macrotona Queensland Spotted Pyrgomorph (Greyacris profundesulcata) Katydids (family Tettigoniidae)

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