Narea sp. (genus)
7 A katydid at Palerang, NSW
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| Narea sp. (genus) | RogerF | 8 Jan 2025 | |
| Narea sp. (genus) | Csteele4 | 7 Jan 2025 | |
| Narea sp | RogerF | 7 Jan 2025 | |
| Torbia sp. | Csteele4 | 7 Jan 2025 |
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15 comments
7 Jan 2025
This needs verification. I have only seen it once on the Badja Fire Trail, but the snub nose suggests it belongs to the Pseudophyllinae
7 Jan 2025
@rogerf oh wow, that would be so cool! I did think it didn't quite match the Torpia sightings I saw on iNat but how cool!!!
7 Jan 2025
I i.ded it as "look at this cool leafy thing that looks like an actual leaf!" Very scientific.
7 Jan 2025
@RogerF Looking at iNat (I couldn't find any online records for Mastigapha) it looks like it could be Narea kungaree. Perhaps the modern name of the same critter?
7 Jan 2025
@clarehoneydove you were the one who spotted pretty much all of the cool stuff today! Need your eyes on more hikes!!!
7 Jan 2025
The Psudophyllinae were revised by Rentz, Youning & Ueshima in 2015 when Mastigapha (Karsch) was synonymised with Narea (Walker). A useful summary of the Pseudophyllinae by Matthew Connor is found in i-naturalist.
8 Jan 2025
Youning prefers to keep the the ID of your specimen as Narea sp, as there are still several undescribed species from NSW in the collection.
9 Jan 2025
@RogerF @Csteele4 Narea kungaree seems correct. See https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/956866-Narea-kungaree/browse_photos It was a cool day and a lot of insects were not on their natural food source. Perhaps having fallen and not had the energy to move.
Also https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/75221c11-bff7-464f-8bf7-3ef10d4827c4#gallery
Also https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/75221c11-bff7-464f-8bf7-3ef10d4827c4#gallery
9 Jan 2025
Youning is the expert on this genus and sub-family so I would I would defer to him rather than Connors.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.545962-35.447232
- Altitude 429.5m
- Maps Tallaganda National Park
- Places Palerang, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 7 Jan 2025 03:33 PM Recorded on
- Csteele4 Recorded by
- Pteridium esculentium Associated plant
- 50mm or larger Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Collections
- Csteele4 NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Featured Narea sp. (genus) Katydids (Tettigoniidae) Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera) Insects
Species information
- Narea sp. (genus) Scientific name
- A katydid Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1162.5m Recorded at altitude
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