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Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera)

Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera)

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Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera)

Crickets (several families)
Grasshoppers (several families)
Katydids (Tettigoniidae)

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RogerF wrote:
27 May 2025
I looked up Paul Whitingdon's original description for his specimenss from Wonboyn and agree that this is the most likely ID, although I don't have the Johns and Rentz key available.
Paragryllacris combusta
RogerF wrote:
22 May 2025
The last grasshopper (Acridoidea) taxonomist in Australia was (arguably) Ken Key who retired in the 80's. He sorted all the species in the collection and assigned numbers to them if undesribed but only studied and described about 400 species of Morabini and species in the genera Psednura, Monistria, Phaulacridium, Praxibulus and Austroicetes (Acrididae) that have unusable keys in the field. Hopefully DNA and AI will come to the rescue but names still have to be supplied. Perhaps some 'influencer' will take them on
Genus novum 77, sp.1
HelenCross wrote:
22 May 2025
It's quite amazing how many relatively large grasshoppers are undescribed
Genus novum 77, sp.1
RogerF wrote:
22 May 2025
No thats Dave's name.

If the book was still in print I would give you a copy to take with you to the NT
Genus novum 77, sp.1
HelenCross wrote:
22 May 2025
Thanks Roger, they're beautiful! Did you give it the common name?!
Genus novum 77, sp.1

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Gryllacrididae (family) at Bega, NSW

Gryllacrididae (family) at Bega, NSW

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