Cirphula pyrrhocnemis

5 Variable Cirphula at Goulburn, NSW

Cirphula pyrrhocnemis at Goulburn, NSW - 9 Oct 2024
Cirphula pyrrhocnemis at Goulburn, NSW - 9 Oct 2024
Cirphula pyrrhocnemis at Goulburn, NSW - 9 Oct 2024
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Cirphula pyrrhocnemis 9 Oct 2024 RogerF
Urnisa sp 1 9 Oct 2024 RogerF
Unidentified 9 Oct 2024 trevorpreston

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3 comments

KimberiRP wrote:
   9 Oct 2024
Looks like some of the images in ALA under the name Cirphula pyrrhocnemis, but other images look nothing like this one.
RogerF wrote:
   9 Oct 2024
I discussed my images of a lichen mimicking grasshopper from a rocky grassland in Coonartha NR with Dave Rentz who suggested Urnisa sp.1 (page 183) but I agree there are green Cirphula also (Page197) usually found in shrubbery. The prosternal process in Cirphula is a tubercle whereas that of Urnisa is collar shaped. Many grasshopper species can be definitely told apart by the shape of this process that is rarely photographed. I've never seen a green Cirphula.
RogerF wrote:
   9 Oct 2024
I've relooked at my pictures of the Urnisa from Coonartha and there is a slight difference in shape of the rear of the pronotum and banding on femora so Cirphula seems the better choice.

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