This is an undescribed species in an undescribed genus, from the subfamily Phaneropterinae. It is decently common through the desert and hopefully it will get a name soon! Similar colours to Terpandrus but much smaller and less spiny.
Source: Matthew Connors
The subfamily Phaneropterinae is a group commonly called Leaf Katydids or Sickle-bearing Bush Crickets. As in most Orthoptera, the posterior (rear) legs are always much longer than other legs, being adapted to leaping.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Orthoptera
- Suborder: Ensifera
- Superfamily: Tettigonioidea
- Family: Tettigoniidae
- Subfamily: Phaneropterinae
Footnote & References
- Many thanks to Matthew Connors for ID, admin of Australian Orthopteroids, https://www.facebook.com/groups/australian.orthopteroids/
- What is going on with the Phaneropterinae??, Posted 15 October 23023 by Matthew Connors, Australian Orthopteroids’s Journal, iNaturalist, https://www.inaturalist.org/posts/84925-what-is-going-on-with-the-phaneropterinae
- Phaneropterinae Burmeister, 1838, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/310a9f72-52b4-4346-b0b8-6bfa204a8825
OrthopteraAustralian Orthopteroid Index Garden Mantis Grasshoppers Blistered Pyrgomorph Coryphistes sp Giant Grasshopper (Valanga irregularis) Macrotona Queensland Spotted Pyrgomorph (Greyacris profundesulcata) Katydids (family Tettigoniidae) Phaneropterinae Toadhopper (Buforania crassa)
InsectsBees Beetles Blattodea Butterflies Coleoptera Cicada Crabronidae Diptera Dragonflies & Damselflies Formicidae Hemiptera Heteroptera Moths Orthoptera Orthopteroid Processionary Caterpillar Stink Bugs, Shield Bugs and Allies Wasps Water Scorpion (Laccotrephes tristis) Witchetty Grub