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Sandgropers in the family Cylindrachetidae, Orthoptera
Sandgropers are flightless, subterranean insects related to pygmy mole crickets and, more distantly, to grasshoppers. They are found only in Australia, New Guinea, and Argentina.
Photo 1 by cheloderus, 2-3 by abritton, 4-5 by ezattara, 6 by mreissig, and 7 by strongie
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"Sandgropers" (Family: Cylindrachetidae)
Sandgropers are a unique group of orthopteran insects (grashoppers, katydids, and allies) which are known to occur in Australia, New Guinea and Argentina. Cylindrachetidae is a subterranean family, with individuals spending their entire lives underground. As such not much is known as bout their biology and ecology. However, it is widely believed they are herbivorous.Â
Classification
Animalia-Arthropoda-Insecta-Orthoptera-Cylindrachetidae
Image: Glen Dillon
The track of a Sandgroper, burrowing just the surface. Or possibly a small Graboid.
Baldivis, Perth
EDIT:Â Genus Cylindraustralia, either C. kochii or C. tindalei
#13 - Sandgroper
Because I work in termite control, and make no secret of my interest in biology in general, I sometimes get clients or builders coming to me with questions. Sometimes the questions are a bit odd. Such as "I've heard you can get $1000 if you hand in a queen termite - any idea where I have to take them?" To which I replied "I wish it was that easy - give me a warm day after rain and I'll collect them by the hundreds. And that's not a termite." Cylindraustralia kochii specimen from Western Australian Museum. Photo by Glen Dillon Sandgropers are oddly developed orthopterans up to 7cm long, similar, but not very closely related, to mole crickets. They're found in Australia, New Guinea, and Argentina - a classic Gondwanan distribution. For some reason, the human residents of Western Australia are named after these critters, or vice versa. They spend most of their time underground, which makes studying them a little difficult, but they're thought to be mostly herbivorous, and are claimed to be crop pests. The tracks they leave in sand, when they're burrowing just under the surface, are large and quite odd.
