| Desertaria | |
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| Desertaria lepida | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Tribe: | Catantopini |
| Subtribe: | Peakesiina |
| Genus: | Desertaria Sjöstedt, 1920 [1] |
Desertaria is a genus of grasshoppers, with species found in Australia. [2]
Three species are recognized in this genus: [2] [1]
Sjöstedt's greenbul is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in western and central Africa.
Sphodromantis is a large genus of praying mantises concentrated in Africa, sometimes considered a synonym of the genus Hierodula: from the same tribe, Paramantini. Outside their range especially, many share the common name African Mantis.
Goniaea vocans is a species of grasshopper in the family Acrididae.
Macrotona is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae and tribe Catantopini. It includes eight described species and around 35 undescribed species. They are often found in association with spinifex.
Austroicetes is a genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Oedipodinae and family Acrididae. Members of the genus typically feed on grass and herbs.
Meruana is a genus of African grasshoppers in the family Acrididae, subfamily Hemiacridinae from eastern Africa.
Neotermes is a genus of termites in the Kalotermitidae family. The genus was first described by Nils Holmgren in 1911, and the type species is Neotermes castaneus. All species are obligate nesters of wood.
Pardillana is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae and tribe Catantopini, from Australia.
Buforania is a genus of grasshoppers in the tribe Catantopini from Australia.
Acridini is a tribe of insects in the subfamily Acridinae, of the insect family Acrididae and are sometimes called "silent slant-faced grasshoppers". It was firstly described as Truxalis Conicus in 1781
Catantopini is a tribe in the subfamily Catantopinae, a group of grasshoppers found in Africa, Asia and Australia.
Valanga is a genus of "bird grasshoppers" in the subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae. Species are found from the Indian subcontinent through southeast Asia and the Korean peninsula to Australia and the Pacific islands.
Gastrimargus is a genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Oedipodinae. The recorded distribution of species in this genus includes Africa, Asia, and Oceania.
The Deroplatyidae are a new (2019) family of praying mantises, based on the type genus Deroplatys. As part of a major revision of mantis taxonomy, the subfamily Deroplatyinae has been moved here from the previously structured family Mantidae.
Azelota is a genus of grasshoppers belonging to the family Acrididae.
Coryphistes is a genus of short-horned grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least three described species in Coryphistes, found in Australia.
Methiola is a genus of methiolas in the family Acrididae. There is at least one described species in Methiola, M. picta, found in Australia.
Desertaria fasciata is a species of grasshopper commonly known as the striped ungee-gungee. It is similar to the common grasshopper or locust found throughout Australia. Its shape is also similar to the common Australian grasshopper. Its colour is a slight orange/red tinge that is similar to the environments it is found in. Its developmental mode is hemimetabolous and uses biting/chewing mouthparts it feeds on plant matter. Grasshoppers in the Acrididae family are characterized by having the auditory organs (ears) positioned on each side of the first abdominal segments which are covered by the wings. The antennae's are considerably short and only extending less than half of the grasshoppers total body length.
Geckomima is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Morabidae. It is mostly found in northern Australian savannahs.