''Paragryllacris'' is a genus of Australian
Orthoptera
Orthoptera () is an order of insects that comprises the grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets, including closely related insects, such as the bush crickets or katydids and wētā. The order is subdivided into two suborders: Caelifera – grassho ...
ns, 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 collection is ...
in 1888. It is fairly typical for its tribe
Paragryllacridini
HyperbaeninaeCadena-Castañeda (2019) ''Zootaxa'' 4605(1): 11. is a subfamily of Orthopterans, sometimes known as 'leaf-folding crickets' in the family Gryllacrididae; ''Hyperbaenus ensifer'' is the type species. The known distribution includes t ...
. 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
''Paragryllacris combusta'' or the striped raspy cricket is a species of cricket found in Australia.
External links
Field Guide to Grasshoppers of Brisbane areaat brisbaneinsects.com (advanced amateur site)
at CSIRO
The Commonwealth Scienti ...
'' Gerstaecker, 1860
- type species (locality: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)
# ''Paragryllacris fissa
''Paragryllacris'' is a genus of Australian Orthopterans, sometimes known as 'leaf-folding crickets' in the family Gryllacridinae, erected by the Swiss entomologist Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl in 1888. It is fairly typical for its tribe Paragryll ...
'' Karny, 1929
# '' Paragryllacris griffinii'' Hebard, 1922
# ''Paragryllacris nigrosulcata
''Paragryllacris'' is a genus of Australian Orthopterans, sometimes known as 'leaf-folding crickets' in the family Gryllacridinae, erected by the Swiss entomologist Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl
Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl (13 June 1823, Bern – ...
'' Karny, 1929
References
External links
Photo at BrisbaneInsects.com
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Ensifera genera
Gryllacrididae
Orthoptera of Australia