Ornebius Guerin-Meneville 1844
Authors/Creators
- 1. Wētā Conservation Charitable Trust, 135 Blacks Road, Ōpoho, Dunedin 9010, New Zealand.
Description
Genus Ornebius Guérin-Méneville, 1844
Ornebius Guérin-Méneville, 1844: 331.
Liphoplus Saussure, 1877: 483.
Ornebius – Kirby 1906: 57. — Chopard 1968: 219. — Otte & Alexander 1983: 386, fig. 330. — Otte 1994: 91. — Rentz & Su 2019: 273.
Type species
Ornebius xanthopterus Guérin-Méneville, 1844.
Diagnosis (after Otte & Alexander 1983)
Difficult to differentiate from other genera of scaly crickets; this is not a problem in New Zealand, where it is the only known genus in the family. Body length generally between 6.5 mm and 8 mm in both males and females. The last dorsal segment of the abdomen is never black between the cerci; paraprocts whitish to brown, never black. Posterior margin of forewing with a continuous dark band or three darkened areas, brown or black, never red. Tibia I and II banded. Front of mirror not hidden beneath pronotum.
Etymology
The meaning of the name Ornebius is unknown. Ornebius is male gender.
Measurements
See Table 8.
For a detailed description of Ornebius in the Australian region, see Otte & Alexander (1983: 386); Rentz & Su (2019: 273).
Habitat and ecology
Nocturnal crickets, arboreal; their melodious song is heard in the foliage of trees and shrubs.
Distribution
New Zealand: New Plymouth, Auckland, Northland and Coromandel; Kermadec Islands. The mainland populations are introduced from Australia. Also found in Australia and wider Pacific Region, tropical and subtropical Asia and Africa, South and Central America.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Guerin-Meneville
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Orthoptera
- Family
- Mogoplistidae
- Genus
- Ornebius
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Ornebius Guerin-Meneville, 1844 sec. Hegg, 2024
References
- Guerin-Meneville F. E. 1844. Iconographie du Regne Animal de G. Cuvier 1829 - 1844. Vol. 7 Insectes. J. B. Baillere, Paris.
- de Saussure H. 1877. Melanges orthopterologiques V. Fascicule Gryllides. Memoires de la Societe de Physique et d'Histoire naturelle de Geneve 25 (1): 169 - 504. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 8541
- Kirby W. F. 1906. Orthoptera Saltatoria. Part I. (Achetidae et Phasgonuridae). In: A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) Vol. 2 (1 - 8). British Museum (Natural History), London. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 6745
- Chopard L. 1968. Fam. Gryllidae: Subfam. Mogoplistinae, Myrmecophilinae, Scleropterinae, Cachoplistinae, Pteroplistinae, Pentacentrinae, Phalangopsinae, Trigonidiinae, Eneopterinae; Fam. Oecanthidae, Gryllotalpidae. Orthopterorum Catalogus 12: 213 - 500.
- Otte D. & Alexander R. D. 1983. The Australian Crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllidae). Monograph 22, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, PA.
- Otte D. 1994. Crickets (Grylloidea). A Systematic Catalog. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Orthoptera Species File 1 (i - iv).
- Rentz D. & Su Y. N. 2019. A Guide to the Crickets of Australia. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, VIC, Australia. https: // doi. org / 10.1071 / 9781486305070