Sighting 4600896
Cirphula pyrrhocnemis
5 Variable Cirphula at Goulburn, NSW
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| Cirphula pyrrhocnemis | RogerF | 9 Oct 2024 | |
| Urnisa sp 1 | RogerF | 9 Oct 2024 | |
| Unverified | trevorpreston | 9 Oct 2024 |
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3 comments
9 Oct 2024
Looks like some of the images in ALA under the name Cirphula pyrrhocnemis, but other images look nothing like this one.
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.
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.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.757481-34.745883
- Altitude 730.0m
- Maps Mount Gray Recreation Reserve, Goulburn Goulburn Mulwaree Council
- Places Goulburn, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 9 Oct 2024 02:39 PM Recorded on
- trevorpreston Recorded by
- Grass and small shrubs Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Injured / sick Animal health
Collections
- Featured trevorpreston Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Cirphula pyrrhocnemis Grasshoppers (several families) Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera) Insects
Species information
- Cirphula pyrrhocnemis Scientific name
- Variable Cirphula Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1421.3m Recorded at altitude
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