Bobilla Explained

Bobilla is a genus of cricket in tribe Nemobiini, found in Australasia and the Pacific islands. These small black crickets sing using their wings and stridulatory files.^[1] Two species native to New Zealand (Bobilla nigrova and B. bigelowi) are sympatric but can be differentiated by their song and the colour of their eggs.^[2]

Taxonomy

The Orthoptera Species File database lists the following species groups and species:^[3]

• Bobilla bivittata (Walker, 1869) - type species (as Nemobius bivittatus Walker, F)
  • Bobilla bakali Otte & Alexander, 1983
  • Bobilla bivittata (Walker, 1869)
  • Bobilla kindyerra Otte & Alexander, 1983
  • Bobilla neobivittata Otte & Alexander, 1983
  • Bobilla poene Otte & Alexander, 1983
  • Bobilla tasmani Otte & Alexander, 1983
  • Bobilla victoriae Otte & Alexander, 1983
• Bobilla plurampe Otte & Alexander, 1983
  • Bobilla killara Otte & Alexander, 1983
  • Bobilla plurampe Otte & Alexander, 1983
• Bobilla avita Otte, 1987
• Bobilla bigelowi (Swan, 1972)
• Bobilla gullane Su & Rentz, 2000
• Bobilla illawarra Su & Rentz, 2000
• Bobilla nigrova (Swan, 1972)

Notes and References

1. Hegg . Danilo . 2024 . Small crickets of New Zealand (Orthoptera: Grylloidea: Trigonidiidae and Mogoplistidae), with the description of two new genera and species . European Journal of Taxonomy . en . 955 . 1–87 . 10.5852/ejt.2024.955.2655 . 2118-9773. free .
2. Swan . D. I. . 1972 . The common nemobiine field crickets of New Zealand (Orthoptera : Gryllidae) . Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand . en . 2 . 4 . 533–539 . 10.1080/03036758.1972.10423297 . 0303-6758.
3. Web site: Genus Bobilla . Orthoptera Species File . 11 May 2015.