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Bobilla
Sign in to saveBobilla 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.
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- Specimen records
- 106
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- 2
- Family
- Trigonidiidae
- Collections
- NMV, TMAG
- Recorded in
- Australia
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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: Bobilla bivittata (Walker, 1869) - type species (as Nemobius bivittatus Walker, F) Bobilla bakali Otte & Alexander, 1983 Bobilla bivittata (Walker, 1869) Bobilla kindyerra Otte & Alexander, 1983 Bobilla neobivittata Otte & Alexander, 1983 Bobilla poene Otte & Alexander, 1983 Bobilla tasmani Otte & Alexander, 1983 Bobilla victoriae Otte & Alexander, 1983 Bobilla plurampe Otte & Alexander, 1983 Bobilla killara Otte & Alexander, 1983 Bobilla plurampe Otte & Alexander, 1983 Bobilla avita Otte, 1987 Bobilla bigelowi (Swan, 1972) Bobilla gullane Su & Rentz, 2000 Bobilla illawarra Su & Rentz, 2000 Bobilla nigrova (Swan, 1972)
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