Cooloola monster
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The Cooloola monster is a large burrowing orthoptera
n of the family Cooloolidae
. It was discovered in the Cooloola National Park in 1980 by David C. Rentz.
Orthoptera
Orthoptera is an order of insects with paurometabolous or incomplete metamorphosis, including the grasshoppers, crickets and locusts.Many insects in this order produce sound by rubbing their wings against each other or their legs, the wings or legs containing rows of corrugated bumps...
n of the family Cooloolidae
Cooloolidae
Cooloola is a genus of ensiferan orthopterans. It is the only genus in the family Cooloolidae of the superfamily Gryllacridoidea.Four species are known from this family, all endemic to Queensland, Australia...
. It was discovered in the Cooloola National Park in 1980 by David C. Rentz.