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Bush Cricket ♂
Lebinthus bitaeniatus
14.14, 121.23
Field Notes
Description:
Lebinthus bitaeniatus Stål, 1877 (Gryllidae : Eneopterinae : Lebinthini), synonym of Lebinthus saussurei Bolívar, I., 1889. Philippine-endemic. Distribution range: Luzon. This species is close to L. luae Robillard & Tan, 2013 (distribution: Singapore, and Leyte Island in the Philippines), with Lua's Cricket differing by general shape more stocky, coloration darker with wider yellowish or whitish longitudinal band along body, and without a black line ventrally.
References for the Mt Makiling and Leyte Island Eneopterinae crickets:
- Systematics of cryptic species of Lebinthus crickets in Mount Makiling, http://isyeb.mnhn.fr/robillard/TR_fichiers/Robillardetal.Zootaxa.2013.p….
- The Eneopterinae crickets from Leyte Island (Philippines) with description of two new species [Insecta: Orthoptera: Grylloidea:
Gryllidae], https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/nus/images/data/raffles_bulletin_of_zoology/v….
- Lebinthus luae Robillard & Tan, 2013, Lua's cricket, Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Eneopterinae, https://taxo4254.wikispaces.com/Lebinthus+luae+Robillard+%26+Tan,+2013.
Habitat:
Mount Makiling Forest Reserve in Los Baños, Laguna. Found along the trail going to Flat Rock, west of Molawin Creek.
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