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Issue: Vol. 4514 No. 1: 6 Nov. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-11-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4514.1.3
Page range: 41–52
Abstract views: 82
PDF downloaded: 3

A new Raspy Cricket from the northern Australian Rainforests (Orthoptera: Gryllacrididae)

Adjunct Professor, School of Marine and Biological Sciences, James Cook University, Smithfield, Queensland, Australia, 4870.
Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO National Research Collections Australia, PO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601.
Centre de Recherche sur la Paleobio- diversite et les Paleoenvironnements (CR2P, UMR 7207), Sorbonne Universites, MNHN, CNRS, UPMC- Paris6, Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, 57 Rue Cuvier, CP 38, 75005 Paris, France
Orthoptera Gryllacrididae Raspy Cricket Mites

Abstract

An Australian Raspy Cricket, Chauliogryllacris acaropenates Rentz, Su, Béthoux, sp. nov. is described. This cricket was found to harbor a number of mite species of interest to acarologists and the name was needed for them to proceed with their studies. A key to the males of the described species of Chauliogryllacris is provided along with numerous illustrations of the described cricket. Observations and comments on its biology, behavior and ecology are presented.

 

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