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Phisis holdhausi

Kāleva (PK)

Predatory Grasshopper

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Predatory Grasshopper

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Kāleva (PK)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: RANGE ? - PNG - Marquesas; n. to Micronesia

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Naturalised; S.Group - common; N.Group - common; Land, usually under leaves on plants

KEY FEATURES: Grasshopper to 20mmBL (excl. ovipositor) and 30mmTL (including folded wings). Colour uniformly pale green. LEGS with spines; foreleg femur with 4-5 pairs of long spine, next segment with 6-7 pairs of long spines.

SIMILAR SPECIES: Few-spined Predatory Grasshopper (Xiphidiopsis lita) has foreleg femur with no long spines (vs 4-6 pairs), next segment with 4 pairs long spines (vs 6-7 pairs).

Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea: Present
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
+++		+++			+++

Northern Group: Present
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
			+++

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

Phisis holdhausi Karny, 1926
TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; ATELOCERATA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PTERYGOTA; Orthoptera; TETTIGONIIDAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: 6 specimens, 0-100m, 1977 & 1979, Krauss, in BPBM ID X.B.Jin & D.K.Kevan 1990 as Phisis holdausi. Atiu: one specimen, 1976, Krauss, in BPBM ID X.B.Jin & D.K.Kevan 1990 as Phisis holdausi. Aitutaki: 3 specimens, 1960 & 1977, Krauss, in BPBM ID X.B.Jin & D.K.Kevan 1990 as Phisis holdausi. Pukapuka: specimen+photo, PK#56, 2/2004, G.McCormack with tentative ID as Phisis holdhausi, to BPBM.

References:
None recorded.

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zupB04a, zM02, zupM05b, zD04a

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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