Genus Piestodactylus Saussure, 1878

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• Piestodactylus Saussure, H. de 1878. Mélanges Orthoptérologiques. Fasc. vi. Gryllides, 2me partie. Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève 25(2): 369-704, pl. 16-19 [666].

  Type species:

   PIatydactylus brevipennis Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1898 by original designation, see Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. 1898. Orthopteren des Malayischen Archipels, gesammelt von Prof. Dr. W. Kükenthal in den Jahren 1893 und 1894. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 24(2): 193-288, pls 16-20.
• Salmania Walker, F. 1869. Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 2 pp. 225-423. [nomen oblitum].

  Secondary source:

   Otte, D. & Alexander, R.D. 1983. The Australian Crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllidae). Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Monograph 22. Lawrence : Allen Press 477 pp.; He, S., Su, Y.N., Tan, M.K., Zwick, A., Warren, B.H. & Robillar, T. 2024. Museomics, molecular phylogeny and systematic revision of the Eurepini crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Eneopterinae), with description of two new genera. Systematic Entomology 49(3): 389-411 [Date published 29 January 2024].
• Myara Otte, D. & Alexander, R.D. 1983. The Australian Crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllidae). Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Monograph 22. Lawrence : Allen Press 477 pp.

  Secondary source:

   He, S., Su, Y.N., Tan, M.K., Zwick, A., Warren, B.H. & Robillar, T. 2024. Museomics, molecular phylogeny and systematic revision of the Eurepini crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Eneopterinae), with description of two new genera. Systematic Entomology 49(3): 389-411 [Date published 29 January 2024].

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW) ; Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT) ; SA, WA: Coolgardie (COO), Gawler (GAW) ; WA: Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Common Name References

He, S., Su, Y.N., Tan, M.K., Zwick, A., Warren, B.H. & Robillar, T. 2024. Museomics, molecular phylogeny and systematic revision of the Eurepini crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Eneopterinae), with description of two new genera. Systematic Entomology 49(3): 389-411 [Date published 29 January 2024] (Meteor Crickets)

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