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Speleotettix
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Rhaphidophoridae
Subfamily: Macropathinae
Tribe: Macropathini
Genus: Speleotettix
Chopard, 1944

Speleotettix is a genus of cave/camel crickets in the subfamily Macropathinae established by Chopard in 1944.

Three species have been described in this genus: Speleotettix tindalei Chopard found on the Limestone Coast of South Australia, Speleotettix flindersensis (Chopard) on Flinders Island, and Speleotettix chopardi (Karny) in Victoria's Dandenong Ranges.

Speleotettix chopardi was originally described in the New Zealand genus Pachyrhamma before being transferred to Speleotettix by Chopard in 1944.

References

  1. "genus Speleotettix Chopard, 1944: Orthoptera Species File". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 2023-08-09.
  2. Hamilton-Smith, E. (December 1967). "The Arthropoda of Australian Caves". Australian Journal of Entomology. 6 (2): 103–118. doi:10.1111/j.1440-6055.1967.tb02123.x. ISSN 1326-6756.
  3. Chopard, Lucien (1944). "Description de deux Sténopelmatides cavernicoles d'Australie [Orth. Gryllacridae]". Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France. 49 (4): 52–55. Bibcode:1944AnSEF..49...52C. doi:10.3406/bsef.1944.15753.
Taxon identifiers
Speleotettix


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