Tetrigidae (family)

1 Pygmy grasshopper at Cook, ACT

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Identification history

	Tetrigidae (family)	11 Mar 2021	RogerF
	Tetrigidae (family)	11 Mar 2021	CathB

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RogerF wrote:

11 Mar 2021

Unfortunately there is no key to Tetrigidae species. The only solution is to go through the collection of named species in ANIC. Most types are overseas.

CathB wrote:

13 Mar 2021

Thanks Roger. Are there many species? This one looked rather different from others I've seen, both in colour and the sculpturing, particularly on the legs.

RogerF wrote:

16 Mar 2021

There are 4 subfamilies in the Tetrigidae. Most species belong to the subfamily Tetriginae and there are at least 14 species in the genus Tetrix. Paratettix is another genus and contains the slender riverine ubequitus species P albomarginatus. For more info see Lectotype designations for Australian Acrididae and Tetrigidae by Ken Key 1981 CSIRO Tech paper 17.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.073666 -35.266728
Maps Mount Painter
Places Cook, ACT

Sighting information

2 Abundance
9 Mar 2021 07:46 AM Recorded on
CathB Recorded by
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CathB Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Tetrigidae (family) Grasshoppers (several families) Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera) Insects

Additional information

Less than 5mm Animal size

Species information

Tetrigidae (family) Scientific name
Pygmy grasshopper Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1087.13m Recorded at altitude
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