Lepidogryllus sp. (genus)
1 A cricket at Paddys River, ACT
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| Lepidogryllus sp. (genus) | RogerF | 8 Apr 2022 | |
| Lepidogryllus sp. (genus) | trevorpreston | 7 Oct 2021 | |
| Loxoblemmus sp. | trevorpreston | 3 Oct 2021 | |
| Unverified | trevorpreston | 3 Oct 2021 |
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Cricket about 10mm under rock.
4 comments
3 Oct 2021
This seems to be a distinctive cricket not matching any in the CNM field guide.
After a search through A Guide to Crickets of Australia (Rentz) it looks very similar to Loxoblemmus pallens (p75-76), however some of the facial markings are slightly different and that species is not known to be in NSW or ACT. I am suggesting this is most likely a Loxoblemmus species.
After a search through A Guide to Crickets of Australia (Rentz) it looks very similar to Loxoblemmus pallens (p75-76), however some of the facial markings are slightly different and that species is not known to be in NSW or ACT. I am suggesting this is most likely a Loxoblemmus species.
3 Oct 2021
Trevor,
I'm not familiar with this genus and am sending your picture to You-ning for comment although I'm not sure if he has access to the collection at CSIRO.
I'm not familiar with this genus and am sending your picture to You-ning for comment although I'm not sure if he has access to the collection at CSIRO.
7 Oct 2021
I have been in touch with Youning Su, co-author of Field Guide to Crickets of Australia, and he has identified this sighting as mid instar female Lepidogryllus sp. He says it is either L comparatus, or L parvulus, but that the two species are indistinguishable, even as adults. He agrees it looks similar to Loxoblemmus pallens, but you can see the lower lateral lobe white area is different.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.076185-35.450001
- Altitude 580.9m
- Maps Pine Island to Point Hut Point Hut Hill
- Places Paddys River, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 3 Oct 2021 02:41 PM Recorded on
- trevorpreston Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- trevorpreston Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Lepidogryllus sp. (genus) Crickets (Orthoptera, several families) Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera) Insects
Species information
- Lepidogryllus sp. (genus) Scientific name
- A cricket Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1123.2m Recorded at altitude
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