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Belonging to the genus Coryphistes, are the Bark Mimic Grasshoppers, also known as the Bark-mimicking Grasshoppers. As their common name implies, bearing some resemblance to the bark of trees, providing some camouflage.

Coryphistes sp (Bark Mimic Grasshopper), Alice Springs NT
Coryphistes sp (Bark Mimic Grasshopper), Alice Springs NT
Coryphistes sp (Bark Mimic Grasshopper), Alice Springs NT
Coryphistes sp (Bark Mimic Grasshopper), Alice Springs NT
Coryphistes sp (Bark Mimic Grasshopper), Alice Springs NT
Coryphistes sp (Bark Mimic Grasshopper), Alice Springs NT
Coryphistes sp (Bark Mimic Grasshopper), Alice Springs NT
Coryphistes sp (Bark Mimic Grasshopper), Alice Springs NT
Coryphistes sp (Bark Mimic Grasshopper), Alice Springs NT
Coryphistes sp (Bark Mimic Grasshopper), Alice Springs NT

For more information see Orthoptera > Grasshoppers | Coryphistes sp

  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Subphylum: Hexapoda
  • Class: Insecta
  • Informal: Pterygotes
  • Order: Orthoptera
  • Suborder: Caelifera
  • Superfamily: Acridoidea
  • Family: Acrididae
  • Subfamily: Catantopinae
  • Tribe: Catantopini
  • Subtribe: Coryphistina
  • Genus: Coryphistes
  • Species:
    • Coryphistes glabriceps Sjöstedt, 1920
    • Coryphistes interioris Tepper, 1896
    • Coryphistes ruricola (Burmeister, 1838)

Footnote & References

  1. Many thanks to Kimberi Pullen for ID, member of Australian Orthopteroids, Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/groups/australian.orthopteroids/
  2. Coryphistes de Charpentier, 1844, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/1f7a7931-689d-494e-8576-c2eca43ef487

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