Javanese grasshopper (Valanga nigricornis)

Valanga nigricornis
Taxonomic classification
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Subfamily:	Cyrtacanthacridinae
Tribe:	Cyrtacanthacridini
Genus:	Valanga
Scientific name
Valanga nigricornis (Burmeister, 1838)
Geography
Native countries:
Christmas Island Solomon Islands Indonesia Timor-Leste Papua New Guinea Cocos (Keeling) Islands

The Javanese grasshopper (Valanga nigricornis) is a species of grasshopper in the subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae (migratory bird locusts).

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Taxonomy

For full nomenclature and taxonomic details of this taxon, see Orthoptera Species File

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Specimen contributors for this species

Bionomia links specimen records in GBIF to the people who collected and identified them. Each list shows the top 20 for this species.

Collected by

People who collected specimens of this species in the field.

• Naufal Urfi Dhiya Ulhaq — 14 specimens collected
• David Tan — 8 specimens collected
• Matthew Connors — 5 specimens collected

• Carrie Seltzer — 4 specimens collected
• Wich'yanan Limparungpatthanakij — 4 specimens collected
• Louis AUREGLIA — 3 specimens collected
• Cynthia Chan — 2 specimens collected
• Oleg Kosterin — 1 specimen collected
• Brian Peck-Sheng Wee — 1 specimen collected
• Ethan Beaver — 1 specimen collected
• Carlos Gerardo Velazco-Macías — 1 specimen collected
• Sarka Masova — 1 specimen collected
• Mochammad Imron Afriandi — 1 specimen collected
• Fabio Cianferoni — 1 specimen collected

Identified by

People who determined the taxonomic identity of specimens of this species.

• 태우 김 — 34 specimens identified
• Naufal Urfi Dhiya Ulhaq — 11 specimens identified
• David Tan — 6 specimens identified

• Matthew Connors — 4 specimens identified
• Wich'yanan Limparungpatthanakij — 2 specimens identified
• Cynthia Chan — 2 specimens identified
• Brian Peck-Sheng Wee — 1 specimen identified
• Carrie Seltzer — 1 specimen identified
• Carlos Gerardo Velazco-Macías — 1 specimen identified

References

Taxon identifiers

Australian Faunal DirectoryCatalogue of LifeEncyclopedia of LifeEPPOGBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)iNaturalistIRMNGIUCNMyBISOrthoptera Species File ID (old version)