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Speleotettix
''Speleotettix'' is a genus of cave/camel crickets in the subfamily Macropathinae established by Chopard Le Petit-Fils de L.-U. Chopard & Cie S.A., commonly known as Chopard, is a Swiss manufacturer and retailer of luxury watches, jewellery and accessories. Founded in 1860 by Louis-Ulysse Chopard in Sonvilier, Switzerland, Chopard has been owned by ... in 1944. Three species have been described in this genus: ''Speleotettix tindalei'' Chopard found on the Limestone Coast of South Australia, ''Speleotettix'' ''flindersensis'' (Chopard) on Flinders Island, and ''Speleotettix chopardi'' (Karny) in Victoria's Dandenong Ranges. ''Speleotettix chopardi'' was originally described in the New Zealand genus ''Pachyrhamma'' before being transferred to ''Speleotettix'' by Chopard in 1944. References Rhaphidophoridae {{Rhaphidophoridae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhaphidophoridae
The orthopteran family Rhaphidophoridae of the suborder Ensifera has a worldwide distribution. Common names for these insects include cave wētā, cave crickets, camelback crickets, camel crickets, Hogan bugs, spider crickets (sometimes shortened to "criders", or "land shrimp" or "sprickets",) and sand treaders. Those occurring in New Zealand, Australia, and Tasmania are typically referred to as jumping or cave wētā. Most are found in forest environments or within caves, animal burrows, cellars, under stones, or in wood or similar environments. All species are flightless and nocturnal, usually with long antenna (biology), antennae and legs. More than 500 species of Rhaphidophoridae are described. The well-known Gryllidae, field crickets are from a different superfamily (Grylloidea) and only look vaguely similar, while members of the family Tettigoniidae may look superficially similar in body form. Description Most cave crickets have very large hind legs with "drumstick-shape ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucien Chopard
Lucien Chopard (31 August 1885 – 16 November 1971) was a French entomologist. Chopard was born in Paris. He graduated as a Doctor of Science in 1920 at the Faculté des sciences de Paris with a thesis entitled ''Recherches sur la conformation et le développement des derniers segments abdominaux chez les orthoptères''. After being named a correspondent of the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in 1919 he entered that institution in 1931 working in the ''laboratoire d’entomologie'' where he was in charge of the vivarium. He became ''sous directeur'' in 1936, then professor in 1951. He retired in 1955. Chopard was a specialist in Orthoptera. He worked on Mantidae collected by Charles A. Alluaud (1861–1949) and René Gabriel Jeannel (1879–1965) on their East Africa expedition (1911–1912). He became a Member of the Société entomologique de France in 1901 and was distinguished by being made ''secrétaire général honoraire'' in 1950. He translated into French the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flinders Island
Flinders Island, the largest island in the Furneaux Group, is a island in the Bass Strait, northeast of the island of Tasmania. Flinders Island was the place where the last remnants of aboriginal Tasmanian population were exiled by the colonial British government. Today Flinders Island is part of the state of Tasmania, Australia. It is from Cape Portland and is located on 40° south, a zone known as the Roaring Forties. History Prehistory Flinders Island was first inhabited at least 35,000 years ago, when people made their way from Australia across the then land-bridge which is now Bass Strait. A population remained until about 4,500 years ago, succumbing to thirst and hunger following an acute El Niño climate shift. European discovery Some of the south-eastern islands of the Furneaux Group were first recorded in 1773 by British navigator Tobias Furneaux, commander of , the support vessel with James Cook on Cook's second voyage. In February 1798, British navigator Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
