Cavernotettix sp. (genus)
8 Cave Cricket at Nurenmerenmong, NSW
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| Cavernotettix sp. (genus) | RogerF | 5 Jul 2023 | |
| Unverified | NedJohnston | 3 Jul 2023 |
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Significant sighting
MichaelMulvaney noted:
7 Jul 2023
Roger Farrow reports that this is the first ever record of this genus outside a cave for this genus. There is one record from Murrays Cave at Blue Waterholes (Where Roger has also seen it) and at Yarrangobilly. These appear to be C. montanus, from earlier records.
6 comments
3 Jul 2023
I think its a cave cricket Family Rhaphidophoridae but have forwarded to Youning and Dave Rentz for confirmation before adding it as a new species.. There is a key by AM Richards 1987.
5 Jul 2023
It has been confirmed as Cavernotettix by Dr Perry Beasley-Hall, cave cricket expert from Adelaide Uni.
Location information
- Maps The Tops at Nurenmerenmong
- Places Nurenmerenmong, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- NedJohnston Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- No Insect on a flower
Collections
- Photographic Competition - image of greatest conservation significance Significant Featured Insects Crickets (Orthoptera, several families) Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera) NedJohnston Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Cavernotettix sp. (genus)
Species information
- Cavernotettix sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Cave Cricket Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1176.62m Recorded at altitude
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