Bobilla

Bobilla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Trigonidiidae
Subfamily: Nemobiinae
Tribe: Nemobiini
Genus: Bobilla
Otte & Alexander, 1983

Bobilla is a genus of cricket in tribe Nemobiini, found in Australasia and the Pacific islands. These small black crickets sing using their wings and stridulatory files. Two species native to New Zealand (Bobilla nigrova and B. bigelowi) are sympatric but can be differentiated by their song and the colour of their eggs.

Taxonomy

The Orthoptera Species File database lists the following species groups and species:

References

  1. 1 2 Hegg, Danilo (2024). "Small crickets of New Zealand (Orthoptera: Grylloidea: Trigonidiidae and Mogoplistidae), with the description of two new genera and species". European Journal of Taxonomy. 955: 1–87. doi:10.5852/ejt.2024.955.2655. ISSN 2118-9773.
  2. ↑ Swan, D. I. (1972). "The common nemobiine field crickets of New Zealand (Orthoptera : Gryllidae)". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 2 (4): 533–539. doi:10.1080/03036758.1972.10423297. ISSN 0303-6758.
  3. ↑ "Genus Bobilla". Orthoptera Species File. Retrieved 11 May 2015.