Insects
Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera)
Grasshoppers (several families)
Sighting 4670204

Genus novum 77, sp.1

Handsome Yellow Chin at Nitmiluk, NT

Genus novum 77, sp.1 at Nitmiluk, NT - 14 May 2025 12:25 PM
Genus novum 77, sp.1 at Nitmiluk, NT - 14 May 2025 12:25 PM
Genus novum 77, sp.1 at Nitmiluk, NT - 14 May 2025 12:25 PM
Genus novum 77, sp.1 at Nitmiluk, NT - 14 May 2025 12:25 PM
Genus novum 77, sp.1 at Nitmiluk, NT - 14 May 2025 12:25 PM
Genus novum 77, sp.1 at Nitmiluk, NT - 14 May 2025 12:25 PM
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Genus novum 77, sp.1 22 May 2025 RogerF
Genus novum 77, sp.1 22 May 2025 RogerF
Unverified 21 May 2025 HelenCross

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RogerF wrote:
   22 May 2025
I am going to stick my neck out with this one following pictures in Rentz's book page 314, a unique colour pattern and curly antennae! A male.
Well done Helen!
HelenCross wrote:
   22 May 2025
Thanks Roger, they're beautiful! Did you give it the common name?!
RogerF wrote:
   22 May 2025
No thats Dave's name.

If the book was still in print I would give you a copy to take with you to the NT
HelenCross wrote:
   22 May 2025
It's quite amazing how many relatively large grasshoppers are undescribed
RogerF wrote:
   22 May 2025
The last grasshopper (Acridoidea) taxonomist in Australia was (arguably) Ken Key who retired in the 80's. He sorted all the species in the collection and assigned numbers to them if undesribed but only studied and described about 400 species of Morabini and species in the genera Psednura, Monistria, Phaulacridium, Praxibulus and Austroicetes (Acrididae) that have unusable keys in the field. Hopefully DNA and AI will come to the rescue but names still have to be supplied. Perhaps some 'influencer' will take them on

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