Tinzeda (genus)

A katydid at Bungonia, NSW

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Tinzeda (genus) RogerF 15 Jan 2025
Tinzeda (genus) RogerF 23 Dec 2024
Unverified KorinneM 23 Dec 2024

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iNaturalist AI suggested Tinzeda genus.

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   23 Dec 2024
The white dorsal stripe does suggest a Tinzeda although I have nver seen a nymph before.
   24 Dec 2024
@RogerF Matthew Connors has indicated on iNaturalist:
Complex Polichne tenuis
a member of Genus Polichne
New genus, maybe undescribed
   26 Dec 2024
I'm not sure we can assign many phaneropterine nymphs (this is a Vth instar male) to a species or even a genus. Polichne tenuis has not been described on CNM as far as I can see and is not in Dave Rentz's book. I have not been able to find a picture of its nymph but don't know my way around i-naturalist. I will check with Youning after the Christmas break but I doubt without an adult that we can proceed further. If you have the time perhaps you can return to the same spot at Bungonia to look for an adult. Are you posting on i-naturalist as well as NM? I understand Connors is based in Cairns so I am not sure what experience he has with our local katydid fauna but the genera Tinzeda and Polichne have few local species so far in the CNM field guide.

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  • 20 Dec 2024 11:46 AM Recorded on
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  • Yes Insect on a flower

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