Sighting 3374652
Goniaea australasiae
Gumleaf grasshopper at Paddys River, ACT
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| Goniaea australasiae | RogerF | 20 Dec 2018 | |
| Goniaea carinata | MichaelBedingfield | 11 Apr 2017 | |
| Goniaea carinata | RogerF | 25 Mar 2017 | |
| Goniaea australasiae | MichaelMulvaney | 25 Mar 2017 | |
| Unverified | JasonC | 19 Mar 2017 |
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5 comments
17 Dec 2018
I don't believe Goniaea carinata has a pronotal keel -- the only species with it at least this prominent should be G. australasiae.
20 Dec 2018
Just to confirm that carinata has a prominent keel. Opomaloides is the local keel less sp.
21 Dec 2018
Hi Roger,
Thanks for this. Do you know where a key to the species can be found? I've seen specimens labelled as opomaloides and carinata and neither had keels. In fact, I've been trying to find a way to separate these two species for some time as even in specimens they looked identical. Now I'm wondering if there were misidentifications here and in fact I should be seeking for differences between australasiae and carinata.
Thanks for this. Do you know where a key to the species can be found? I've seen specimens labelled as opomaloides and carinata and neither had keels. In fact, I've been trying to find a way to separate these two species for some time as even in specimens they looked identical. Now I'm wondering if there were misidentifications here and in fact I should be seeking for differences between australasiae and carinata.
21 Dec 2018
Hi James,
No Keys! The best reference is 'a guide to Australian Grasshoppers and Locusts by Rentz et el 2003, out of print but 2nd hand copies available for about $60-70. Cheers Roger
No Keys! The best reference is 'a guide to Australian Grasshoppers and Locusts by Rentz et el 2003, out of print but 2nd hand copies available for about $60-70. Cheers Roger
21 Dec 2018
Hi James, Just checking the pictures again, the pronotal crest of carinata is lower than that of australasiae, so the crest is not prominent as I suggested earlier.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.938200-35.480890
- Altitude 854.7m
- Maps Gibraltar Pines
- Places Paddys River, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 19 Mar 2017 07:50 PM Recorded on
- JasonC Recorded by
Collections
- JasonC Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Goniaea australasiae Grasshoppers (several families) Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera) Insects
Species information
- Goniaea australasiae Scientific name
- Gumleaf grasshopper Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1688.9m Recorded at altitude
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