Pygmy grasshopper at a future construction site in BSD (W-Java)
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This Pygmy grasshopper ( ?) sits on the fruits of Mimosa pudica (Fabaceae), an pantropical invader.Before "the development" by Sinar Mas had taken place, patches of lowland rainforest, Kampungs (villages) and gardens lined the river of Cisadane.Phylum: Arthropoda (arthropods, Gliederfer)Subphylum: Hexapoda BLAINVILLE, 1816Class: Insecta LINNAEUS, 1758 (insects, Insekten)Subclass: Pterygota GEGENBAUR, 1878 (Fluginsekten)Infraclass: Neoptera MARTYNOV, 1923 (Neuflgler)Order: Orthoptera OLIVIER, 1789 (grasshoppers, crickets and katydids, Heuschrecken)Suborder: Caelifera (short-horned grasshoppers, Kurzfhlerschrecken)Superfamily: Tetrigoidea SERVILLE, 1838Family: Tetrigidae SERVILLE, 1838 (pygmy grasshoppers, Dornschrecken)Subfamily: Batrachideinae BOLIVAR, I., 1887Genus: Saussurella BOLIVAR, I., 1887Saussurella cornuta HAAN, 1842[det. Josip Skejo, 2014, based on this photo]Indonesia, W-Java, Tangerang: BSD (opposite Teraskota Mall), 45m asl., 21.10.2010IMG_6134
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- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (Animal)
- Bilateria
- Protostomia (protostomes)
- Ecdysozoa (ecdysozoans)
- Arthropoda (arthropods)
- Pancrustacea
- Hexapoda (hexapods)
- Insecta (insects)
- Pterygota (winged insects)
- Neoptera (neopteran)
- Polyneoptera
- Orthopterida
- Orthoptera (grasshoppers and relatives)
- Caelifera
- Tetrigoidea
- Tetrigidae (pygmy grasshoppers)
- Saussurella
- Saussurella cornuta
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