Small crickets of New Zealand (Orthoptera: Grylloidea: Trigonidiidae and Mogoplistidae), with the description of two new genera and species Author Hegg, Danilo text European Journal of Taxonomy 2024 2024-09-09 955 1 1 87 https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2655/12275 journal article 10.5852/ejt.2024.955.2655 2118-9773 5D22E144-EF73-4085-9774-E853EEEC6001 Genus Ornebius Guérin-Méneville, 1844 Ornebius Guérin-Méneville, 1844: 331 . Liphoplus Saussure, 1877: 483 . Ornebius – Kirby 1906: 57 . — Chopard 1968: 219 . — Otte & Alexander 1983: 386 , fig. 330. — Otte 1994: 91 . — Rentz & Su 2019: 273 . Type species Ornebius xanthopterus Guérin-Méneville, 1844 . Diagnosis (after Otte & Alexander 1983 ) Difficult to differentiate from other genera of scaly crickets; this is not a problem in New Zealand , where it is the only known genus in the family. Body length generally between 6.5 mm and 8 mm in both males and females. The last dorsal segment of the abdomen is never black between the cerci; paraprocts whitish to brown, never black. Posterior margin of forewing with a continuous dark band or three darkened areas, brown or black, never red. Tibia I and II banded. Front of mirror not hidden beneath pronotum. Etymology The meaning of the name Ornebius is unknown. Ornebius is male gender. Measurements See Table 8 . For a detailed description of Ornebius in the Australian region, see Otte & Alexander (1983: 386) ; Rentz & Su (2019: 273) . Habitat and ecology Nocturnal crickets, arboreal; their melodious song is heard in the foliage of trees and shrubs. Distribution New Zealand : New Plymouth, Auckland , Northland and Coromandel; Kermadec Islands. The mainland populations are introduced from Australia . Also found in Australia and wider Pacific Region, tropical and subtropical Asia and Africa, South and Central America.