Speleotettix
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Scientific classification 
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| 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.[1]
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,[2] 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.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "genus Speleotettix Chopard, 1944: Orthoptera Species File". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 2023-08-09.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.