''Paragryllacris'' is a genus of Australian
Orthopterans, sometimes known as 'leaf-folding crickets' in the family
Gryllacridinae
Gryllacridinae is an Orthopteran subfamily in the family Gryllacrididae.
Tribes and Genera
The ''Orthoptera Species File'' lists:
Ametrini
Auth.: Cadena-Castañeda, 2019;
;genus group Ametrae Cadena-Castañeda, 2019
distribution: Australi ...
, erected by the Swiss entomologist
Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl
Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl (13 June 1823, Bern – 24 August 1914, Kirchdorf) was a Swiss entomologist who specialised in Orthoptera, and a botanist.
Von Wattenwyl was a postmaster. He described many new taxa of Orthoptera.
His collecti ...
in 1888. It is fairly typical for its tribe
Paragryllacridini. However, in a large comparison of 650 insect species, Australian Raspy Crickets were found to be the insect with the strongest bite.
Species
The ''Orthoptera Species File''
Orthoptera Species File (version 5.0: retrieved 4 July 2019)
/ref> lists:
# '' Paragryllacris combusta'' Gerstaecker, 1860
- type species (locality: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)
# '' Paragryllacris fissa'' Karny, 1929
# '' Paragryllacris griffinii'' Hebard, 1922
# '' Paragryllacris nigrosulcata'' Karny, 1929
References
External links
Photo at BrisbaneInsects.com
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Ensifera genera
Gryllacrididae
Orthoptera of Australia