Polyneoptera

Embioptera - Web-spinners

FamilyCommon NameSelected Genus and SpeciesImage
Andesembiidae Web-spinners Andesembia banosae
Anisembiidae Web-spinnersAnisembia texana
Archembiidae Web-spinners Calamoclostes albistriolatus
Australembiidae Web-spinners Metoligotoma incompta
Clothodidae Web-spinners Clothoda tocantinensis
Embiidae Web-spinners Embia major
Embonychidae Web-spinners Embonycha interrupta
Notoligotomidae Web-spinners Notoligotoma hardyi
Oligotomidae Web-spinners Oligotoma saundersii
Paedembiidae Web-spinners Uranembia rivkusi
Ptilocerembiidae Web-spinners Ptilocerembia senathami
Scelembiidae Web-spinners Rhagadochir vossleri
Teratembiidae Web-spinners Diradius vandykei

Grylloblattaria - Ice crawlers

FamilyCommon NameSelected Genus and SpeciesImage
Grylloblattidae Ice crawlers Grylloblatta campodeiformis

Mantophasmatodea - Heel-walkers

FamilyCommon NameSelected Genus and SpeciesImage
Mantophasmatidae Heel-walkers Mantophasma omatakoense

Orthoptera - Crickets

FamilyCommon NameSelected Genus and SpeciesImage
Anostostomatidae King crickets Deinacrida fallai
Cooloolidae Cooloola monsters Cooloola propato
Gryllacrididae Leaf-rolling crickets Camptonotus carolinensis
Gryllidae True crickets Gryllus campestris
Gryllotalpidae Mole crickets Gryllotalpa brachyptera
Mogoplistidae Scaly crickets Mogoplistes brunneus
Myrmecophilidae Ant-loving crickets Myrmecophilus acervorum
Phalangopsidae Spider crickets Meloimorpha japonica
Prophalangopsidae Crickets Cyphoderris buckelli
Pteroplistinae Crickets Pteroplistes platycleis
Rhaphidophoridae Camel crickets Ceuthophilus latens
Ripipterygidae Mud crickets Ripipteryx mopana
Schizodactylidae Dune crickets Schizodactylus monstrosus
Stenopelmatidae Jerusalem crickets Stenopelmatus fuscus
Tettigoniidae Katydids Tettigonia viridissima
Tridactylidae Pygmy mole crickets Neotridactylus apicialis
Trigonidiidae Crickets Trigonidium cicindeloides

Orthoptera - Grasshoppers

FamilyCommon NameSelected Genus and SpeciesImage
Acrididae Locusts and grasshoppers Locusta migratoria
Chorotypidae Grasshoppers Phyllochoreia westwoodi
Cylindrachetidae Sand gropers Cylindraustralia kochii
Dericorythidae Grasshoppers Dericorys albidula
Episactidae Monkey hoppers Espagnolopsis hembra
Eumastacidae Matchstick grasshoppers Paramastax poecilosoma
Euschmidtiidae Bush hoppers Amatonga inhacae
Lathicerus Grasshoppers Batrachidacris rubridens
Lentulidae Grasshoppers Lentula minuta
Lithidiidae Grasshoppers Microtmethis kuthyi
MastacideidaeGrasshoppersMastacides pupaeformis
Morabidae Grasshoppers Callitala major
Ommexechidae Grasshoppers Ommexecha brunneri
Pamphagidae Grasshoppers Pamphagus marmoratus
Pamphagodidae Grasshoppers Pamphagodes riffensis
Pneumoridae Bladder grasshoppers Bullacris intermedia
Pyrgacrididae Grasshoppers Pyrgacris relictus
Pyrgomorphidae Gaudy grasshoppers Zonocerus variegatus
Romaleidae Lubber grasshoppers Tropidacris violaceus
Tanaoceridae Desert long-horned grasshoppers Tanaocerus koebelei
Tetrigidae Pygmy grasshoppers Saussurella cornuta
Thericleidae Bush hoppers Acanthothericles bicoloripes
Trigonopterygidae Leaf grasshoppers Systella dusmeti
Tristiridae Grasshoppers Elasmoderus wagenknechti
Xyronotidae Grasshoppers Xyronotus aztecus

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