Bobilla poene

Diagnostic description: 

Only three species of Bobilla are known from Tasmania, and only adult males can be used to separate them (Otte & Alexander 1983). A compound microscope was used to perform stridulatory file counts on the forewings of 30 adult males at each site (total = 240) to confirm the identity of B. poene. [1]

References

  1. Driessen MM. The life cycle of a southern hemisphere cricket Bobilla poene (Orthoptera: Gryllidae) and variation in its size, sex ratio and egg production. Austral Entomology. 2018. Available at: http://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/aen.12377.
Taxonomic name: 
Bobilla poene (Classification)
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith