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Polionemobius taprobanensis
Polionemobius taprobanensis is a species of ground cricket found in Asia. Two forms are recognised: subtropical (also referred to as southern) and temperate (northern).
From the article Polionemobius taprobanensis on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Female (subtropical form): The body is piceous (pitch-black) and pubescent. The head has three stripes and the face is a dingy testaceous (brick-red) color. The eyes are large and prominent. The prothorax has a testaceous spot on each side. The oviduct (ovipositor) is nearly as long as the abdomen. The hind tibiae have three long, slender spines and are banded with testaceous. The fore wings are cinereous (ash-grey), reach the tip of the abdomen, and are marked with seven brown dots. The hind wings are pellucid (transparent) and twice as long as the fore wings. The body length is 2 lines (approximately 4.2 mm).
Range & habitat
This species has a very broad distribution, recorded from Sri Lanka and Java (Indonesia) to the Russian Far East. In Japan, both the temperate form, whose range is most likely confined to the main islands (formerly classified as P. mikado), and the subtropical form, present in the Ryukyu Islands, are recognized. Their distributions are divided approximately at this archipelago.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1603044.