Speleotettix is a genus of cave/camel crickets in the subfamily Macropathinae established by Chopard in 1944.[1]

Speleotettix
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Rhaphidophoridae
Subfamily: Macropathinae
Tribe: Macropathini
Genus: Speleotettix
Chopard, 1944

Three species have been described in this genus: Speleotettix tindalei Chopard found on the Limestone Coast of South Australia, Speleotettix flindersensis (Chopard) on Flinders Island,[2] and Speleotettix chopardi (Karny) in Victoria's Dandenong Ranges.

Speleotettix chopardi was originally described in the New Zealand genus Pachyrhamma before being transferred to Speleotettix by Chopard in 1944.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "genus Speleotettix Chopard, 1944: Orthoptera Species File". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 2023-08-09.
  2. ^ Hamilton-Smith, E. (December 1967). "The Arthropoda of Australian Caves". Australian Journal of Entomology. 6 (2): 103–118. doi:10.1111/j.1440-6055.1967.tb02123.x. ISSN 1326-6756.
  3. ^ Chopard, Lucien (1944). "Description de deux Sténopelmatides cavernicoles d'Australie [Orth. Gryllacridae]". Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France. 49 (4): 52–55. Bibcode:1944AnSEF..49...52C. doi:10.3406/bsef.1944.15753.