Bobilla

This article is about the cricket genus. For 6th century Frankish queen, see Austregilde.

Bobilla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
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.[1] 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.[1][2]

Taxonomy

The Orthoptera Species File database lists the following species groups and species:[3]

References

  1. ^ a b 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.
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