Parvotettix
Sign in to saveParvotettix is an extant genus of cave cricket from the order Orthoptera in the family Rhaphidophoridae, endemic to Tasmania, Australia. The genus was established in 1968 by Aola Richards and contains six species she described. Parvotettix is a sister group to the subfamily Macropathinae, forming a paraphyletic Australian grouping.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderOrthoptera
- FamilyRhaphidophoridae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 31
- Family
- Rhaphidophoridae
- Collections
- TMAG, QVMAG, AM
- Recorded in
- Australia
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- Parent taxon
- Rhaphidophoridae
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Parvotettix is an extant genus of cave cricket from the order Orthoptera in the family Rhaphidophoridae, endemic to Tasmania, Australia. The genus was established in 1968 by Aola Richards and contains six species she described. Parvotettix is a sister group to the subfamily Macropathinae, forming a paraphyletic Australian grouping.
== Habitat == Parvotettix occupy epigean, subterranean habitats. Parvotettix were initially discovered in limestone caves. Various species within the genus Parvotettix inhabit environmental structures such as mine adits, large rock crevices, tree logs, caves, burrows created by other animals and within houses. Parvotettix thrive in dark, moist environments in colder temperatures at sea level.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Parvotettix” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.