Tegra novaehollandiae
| Tegra novaehollandiae | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Superfamily: | Tettigonioidea |
| Family: | Tettigoniidae |
| Genus: | Tegra |
| Species: | T. novaehollandiae |
| Binomial name | |
| Tegra novaehollandiae Haan, 1842 | |
| Subspecies | |
|
T.n. viridinotata | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Tegra karnya (Willemse, 1933) | |
Tegra novaehollandiae is a grasshopper native of tropical Asia.[1][2][3]
It has also been called Tegra karnya (Willemse, 1933),[2] Locusta novaehollandiae (Haan 1842), Tarphe novaehollandiae (Haan 1842), Tegra novae-hollandiae albostriata (de Jong), Tegra novae-hollandiae vittifemur (de Jong).[4]
Subspecies
- Tegra novaehollandiae viridinotata (India)[2]
- Tegra novaehollandiae novaehollandiae (Malaysia, Sumatra)[3]
- Tegra novaehollandiae immunis (Indochina, Northern Myanmar)[5]
Habits
The subspecies T. n. viridinotata has one generation per year. It overwinters in the trunk of pear trees． Nymph and adult eat the leaves of Glochidion puberum. The eggs are laid in pear trees.[6] The mottled colors and texture if T. n. novaehollandiae allow it to blend into the bark of the trees where it is usually found, motionless, with legs and antennae thrust out in front. Some spots of green on the tegmina are said to resemble moss on the bark.[1]
When its thorax is pinched, T. n. novaehollandiae emits two large drops of a yellow fluid from openings on the dorsal surface of its protonum, as well as smaller amounts from other apertures on its body. The fluid is also produced by the tegmina when they are compressed.[1]
See also
- Poecilocerus pictus, another squirting grasshopper.[1]
- Aularches miliaris, a foam-squirting grasshopper from Myanmar.[1]
- Parasanaa donovani, a grasshopper from north India, squirts a yellow slimy liquid several inches.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 R. W. G. Hingston (1927), The liquid-squirting habit of oriental grasshoppers. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, part I, volume 75, pages 65-69. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1927.tb00060.x
- 1 2 3 (2013) Tegra novaehollandiae viridinotata (Stål 1874) from Orthoptera Species File (OSF) Online. Accessed on 2013-01-30.
- 1 2 (2013) Tegra novaehollandiae novaehollandiae (Haan, 1842) from Orthoptera Species File (OSF) Online. Accessed on 2013-01-30.
- ↑ (2013) Tegra_novaehollandiae at ZipcodeZoo.com.
- ↑ (2013) Tegra novaehollandiae immunis (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893) from Orthoptera Species File (OSF) Online. Accessed on 2013-01-30.
- ↑ She Desong, Zhou Chuanliang, Feng Fujuan, Dong Liyun, Lian Fei, Liu Xionglan (2004), Preliminary study on biological properties of Tegra novaehollandiae-viridinotata. Journal of Zhejiang Forestry Science and Technology, volume 24, issue 5, pages 30-31.