Aularches
Aularches | |
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Adult above (Java, Indonesia), nymph below (Kerala, South India) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Caelifera |
Family: | Pyrgomorphidae |
Subfamily: | Pyrgomorphinae |
Tribe: | Taphronotini
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Genus: | Aularches Stål, 1873 |
Species: | A. miliaris
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Binomial name | |
Aularches miliaris | |
Synonyms | |
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Aularches miliaris is a
The insect has been called by a variety of names including coffee locust, ghost grasshopper, northern spotted grasshopper, and foam grasshopper, and enjoys some popularity as a pet insect.
Description
Adult males are typically 3.7–5.5 cm (1.5–2.2 in) long and females typically 4.7–6.9 cm (1.9–2.7 in).[4] The head and thorax are dark green with a canary-yellow band on the side. The tegmina are green with many yellow spots; the legs are blue, with a yellow serrated pattern on the hind femora. The abdomen is black with bright red bands.[3]
Subspecies and distribution
There are two subspecies:[2]
- A. miliaris miliaris (Linnaeus, 1758) - India to Indo-China
- A. miliaris pseudopunctatus Kevan, 1974 - Pakistan
Habits
It swarms in October, the mating and egg-laying season, collecting on bushes and grasses. It is heavy and sluggish, able to make only short leaps, very visible on vegetation.[3] Outbreaks leading to this species damaging cultivated crops are uncommon.[5]
When A. miliaris (of either sex) is disturbed or grabbed, it emits a sharp rasping noise from its
Conservation
Autarchies miliaris, like many other grasshoppers, are considered a
References
- ^ Kirby, W.F. (1914). The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Orthoptera. London: Taylor and Francis.
- ^ a b (2013) Aularches miliaris, (Linnaeus, 1758) from Orthoptera Species File (OSF) Online. (retrieved 16 March 2020).
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- ^ Jones, S (1940). "A Visitation of the Spotted Locust (Aularches miliaris L.) in Travancore". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 41 (3): 676–678.
- ^ S2CID 85574593.
- ^ Lavellea, P; Decaënsb, T; Aubertb, S; Barota, M; Bureaub, F; Margerieb, P (2016). "Soil invertebrates and ecosystem services" (PDF). European Journal of Soil Biology: S3–S15.
- ^ "(PDF) A newspaper article on the possibilities of the Desert Locust (Schistocerca gregaria) swarm entering West Bengal, India". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
External links
- Media related to Aularches at Wikimedia Commons
- Orthoptera Species File