Phaulacridium

Phaulacridium is a genus of Acrididae grasshoppers. These short-horned grasshoppers have a single generation each year[1]

Phaulacridium
Phaulacridium otagoense
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Orthoptera
Family:
Acrididae
Genus:
Phaulacridium

Species

There are five known species of Phaulacridium:

Two species Phaulacridium crassum and Phaulacridium vittatum are endemic to the Australian mainland and Phaulacridium howeanum occurs only on Lord Howe Island. Phaulacridium grasshoppers require open space for thermoregulation through basking and forage in natural and modified grasslands.[2] Of the two New Zealand Phaulacridium grasshoppers, Phaulacridium marginale is commonly found on sand dunes above the high-tide mark, along open grassy river flats and in the sub-alpine zone to an altitude of 1,350 metres (4,430 ft) on the Ragged Range (43°14′47″S 171°06′10″E). It is fairly common along side roads and in disturbed habitats in North and South Island.[2]

References
  1. Clark, DP (1967). "A population study of Phaulacridium vittatum Sjost (Acrididae)". Australian Journal of Zoology. 15 (4): 799–872. doi:10.1071/ZO9670799.
  2. Sivyer, Louisa; Morgan‐Richards, Mary; Koot, Emily; Trewick, Steven A. (2018). "Anthropogenic cause of range shifts and gene flow between two grasshopper species revealed by environmental modelling, geometric morphometrics and population genetics". Insect Conservation and Diversity. 11 (5): 415–434. doi:10.1111/icad.12289. ISSN 1752-4598.


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