Homoeogryllus orientalis
South African bell cricket | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Ensifera |
Family: | Phalangopsidae |
Subfamily: | Cachoplistinae |
Tribe: | Homoeogryllini |
Genus: | Homoeogryllus |
Species: | H. orientalis
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Binomial name | |
Homoeogryllus orientalis (Desutter-Grandcolas, 1985)
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Homoeogryllus orientalis (Desutter-Grandcolas, 1985), the South African bell cricket, is a species in the tribe Homoeogryllini of the subfamily Cachoplistinae.[1] The species is reported from southern tropical Africa including parts of Mozambique and South Africa.[2] Within South Africa it has been reported south of the tropics in the Bushveld and in the Free State.[3]
Song
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Recordings show that the male song of Homoeogryllus orientalis is almost identical to that of the related species Homoeogryllus reticulatus from the coast of tropical West Africa.[1] Recordings of presumed orientalis in the wild in South Africa also are consistent.[4] There is however no question of the two populations being of the same species, because there are marked differences between their genitalia.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c DESUTTER, L. 1985. Étude préliminaire des espèces africaines du genre Homoeogryllus Guérin-Méneville (Grylloidea, Phalangopsidae). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. Nouvelle série 21(2): 189–206
- ^ Orthoptera species file
- ^ Ispot cricket identification
- ^ [1] Field recording of wild male call