| Cape thermometer cricket | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Oecanthidae |
| Genus: | Oecanthus |
| Species: | O. capensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Oecanthus capensis Saussure, 1878 | |
Oecanthus capensis, the Cape thermometer cricket, is a species of tree cricket (Subfamily Oecanthinae). It has been found that the rate at which these crickets chirp follows Dolbear's law.
Description
Similar to Oecanthus pellucens, but a little smaller; the wings shorter, elytra of the female slightly stronger, male elytra shorter. The female's ovipositor is nearly the length of elytra.
Range
Southern, eastern and central South Africa.
Habitat
Ecology
Etymology
Cape; capensis - after the Cape of Good Hope.
Thermometer cricket - The rate at which these crickets chirp can be used to the estimate the temperature.
Taxonomy
References
- ^ de Saussure, H. (1878). "Mélanges orthoptérologiques. VI. fascicule Gryllides". Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève. 25: 456.
- ^ "Oecanthus capensis Cape Thermometer Cricket". iNaturalist. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- ^ Toms, R.B. (1992). "Effects of temperature on chirp rates of tree crickets (Orthoptera: Oecanthidae)". South African Journal of Zoology. 27 (2): 70–73. doi:10.1080/02541858.1992.11448264. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- GBIF Secretariat. "Oecanthus capensis Saussure, 1878". GBIF. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
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