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FAUNA PARAGUAY ORTHOPTERAN IMAGE GALLERY
FAUNA Paraguay Gallery of Grasshopper, Cricket and Locust (Orthoptera) Images
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We are just beginning with the study of invertebrates in Paraguay and will soon start an extensive inventory of the grasshoppers, crickets and locusts. We do however desperately need the assistance of an expert willing to help us identify the images - obviously we understand that identification to species level will not always be possible from a photograph, but if you are willing to give it a go please contact us!

Figures in brackets after family names refer to the number of identified species in each gallery.
Click on the taxonomic links below to access the images and descriptions.
Click on the image to see the full-size photo.

Suborder Ensifera
Superfamily Grylloidea
Family Gryllidae - True Crickets
Family Gryllotalpidae - Mole Crickets
Superfamily Tettigonioidea
Family Tettigoniidae - Bush Crickets

Suborder Caelifera
Superfamily Acridoidea
Family Acrididae - Short-horned Grasshoppers
Family Proscopiidae - Stick Grasshoppers
Family Romaleidae - Lubber Grasshoppers
Family Tetrigidae - Pygmy Grasshoppers
Designed by Paul Smith 2006.
This website is copyrighted by law. Material contained herewith may not be used without the prior written permission of FAUNA Paraguay.
Photographs on this page were taken by Paul Smith, Laura Tensen, Sylvia Centrón, Chris Elder and Alberto Esquivel and are used with their permission.
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The following Orthopterans have not yet been classified to family or subfamily level. If you feel you can help us put them in the right places, please contact us!
FIGURE 1 - Acrididae? - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith September 2006 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database)
FIGURE 2 - This is a lichen mimic. - PN Tte Enciso, Departamento Boquerón (Sylvia Centrón March 2008).
FIGURE 3 - Acrididae? or Terigidae? - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith September 2006 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database)
FIGURE 4a & 4b - Tettigonidae? This species mimics the Tarantula-Hawk wasps Pepsis sp. when molested, raising the wings and walking in a typically roaming wasp-like fashion (Paul Smith February 2008 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database)
FIGURE 5 - Tettigonidae? This species mimics the yellowjacket wasps Polistes sp. when molested, raising the wings and walking in a typically roaming wasp-like fashion (Laura Tensen 2008 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database)
FIGURE 6 - Romaleidae?  - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Moriz Stiefel April 2008 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database)
FIGURE 7 - Romaleidae? maybe a Zoniopoda? - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (upper Chris Elder, lower Alberto Esquivel November 2007 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database)
FIGURE 8 - Acrididae? - Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Paul Smith October 2008).