Английская Википедия:Alpinacris crassicauda

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Alpinacris crassicauda is a species of grasshopper only known from West Coast Region and Tasman Region, New Zealand. The genus Alpinacris is endemic to the South Island of New Zealand. A. crassicauda was described in 1967 by Robert Sidney Bigelow, with a type locality of Lead Hills, Boulder Lake (Шаблон:Coord). A male holotype and paratype are deposited in the Canterbury Museum, Christchurch. Like all of New Zealand sub-alpine and alpine grasshoppers A. crassicauda has a 2 or 3 years life cycle. The eggs must ‘overwinter’ before they will hatch. Hoppers are found throughout the year and adult grasshoppers can be found throughout the New Zealand summer between December and April. The adult A. crassicauda do not overwinter.

Distribution and habitat

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Alpinacris crassicauda among the flora of the Denniston Plateau

Alpinacris crassicauda is only known from West Coast Region and Tasman Region of New Zealand. It can be found as far south as the Right Branch of the Rahu River, Spring Junction (Шаблон:Coord) and as far north as the Thousand Acres Plateau, Matiri Range (Шаблон:Coord). Alpinacris crassicauda prefer alpine tussock grasslands between Шаблон:Convert, however, can be found as low as Шаблон:Convert on the Thousand Acres Plateau, Matiri Range (Шаблон:Coord).

Species description

The wings on A. tumidicauda are micropterous (small wings) between Шаблон:Convert making this species flightless like most of New Zealand grasshoppers. Male body length Шаблон:Convert; Female body length Шаблон:Convert.

Type information

• Bigelow, R.S. 1967: The Grasshoppers of New Zealand, Their Taxonomy and Distribution. University of Canterbury, Christchurch.
• Type locality: Lead Hills, Boulder Lake, Tasman Region. Шаблон:Coord
• Type specimen: Male; 27 October 1963; P. M. & M Johns. Holotype and Paratype are deposited in the Canterbury Museum, Christchurch.