Species

Pterapotrechus salomonoides (Karny, 1929)

Nomenclature (5)

Paragryllacris salomonoides Karny, 1929: 14.
Holotype; female; 33499076-f9cb-4464-a2ff-9b0838ce98fb; deposited at: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collections (NHRS); Australia: Queensland: Mt. Tambourine
Pterapotrechus salomonoides (Karny, 1929) in Karny, 1937: 73.

Karny, H.H. (1929) Results of Dr. E. Mjöberg's Swedish scientific expeditions to Australia 1910-1913. 49. Gryllacridae. Arkiv för Zoologi, 20A(13), 1–86.
Karny, H.H. (1937) Orthoptera Fam. Gryllacrididae, Subfamiliae Omnes. In Genera Insectorum. P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles. Vol. 206, 1–317 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/223806#page/9/mode/1up

Cadena-Castañeda, O.J. (2019) A proposal towards classification of the Raspy Crickets (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatoidea: Gryllacrididae) with zoogeographical comments: An initial contribution to the higher classification of the Gryllacridines. Zootaxa, 4605(1), 1–100.
Hegg, D. (2025) An Australian raspy cricket established in New Zealand, Pterapotrechus salomonoides (Orthoptera, Gryllacrididae), with notes on ecology and first description of the male. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 34(1), 77–94. https://doi.org/10.3897/jor.34.134391

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Named for its resemblance to katydids in the genus Salomona Blanchard, 1853.

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
Species	1	0	2	3