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Rhicnogryllus bipunctatus
A beautiful tiny day cricket measuring at 8mm in length only. Body unusually black and white. Fairly common. This species can only be found in Borneo and nearby islands.
Live on plant leaves in the forest of Gomantong Caves area on the way to Sukau, Lower Kinabatangan, Sabah. All of these crickets that I have spotted are spotted on short plant leaves. So far distributed in forest area or forest edge from Kinabatangan to Sandakan.
>>>Map accuracy : 200m diameter. A very special thanks to Bayucca for identifying this.
Chun, I got the feedback from Siegfried Ingrisch, the first describer. As usual and as a scientist they do not want fix themselves to ID it from just a picture and without comparing with their own material (DNA, genital specimens etc), what I fully understand. I confirmed the genus Rhicnogryllus, but think, that there might be other and probably not yet described species. So, I would go with Rhicnogryllus cf. bipunctata, so we are on the safe side.
Hi Mark, I am not sure whether this is a nymph or an imago.
I have only seen this species twice in the same age group.
Spotted on Jun 6, 2010
Submitted on Jun 25, 2013
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