Sighting 4375209
1 Pygmy grasshopper at Cook, ACT
Identification history
| Tetrigidae (family) | 11 Mar 2021 | RogerF | ||
| Tetrigidae (family) | 11 Mar 2021 | CathB |
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3 comments
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
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- Places Cook, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 9 Mar 2021 07:46 AM Recorded on
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Additional information
- Less than 5mm Animal size
Species information
- Tetrigidae (family) Scientific name
- Pygmy grasshopper Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 1087.13m Recorded at altitude
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