Phricta
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Phricta is a genus of insect
in the family Tettigoniidae
confined to rainforests of eastern Australia
. It contains the following species:
Insect
Insects are a class of living creatures within the arthropods that have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body , three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes, and two antennae...
in the family Tettigoniidae
Tettigoniidae
The family Tettigoniidae, known in American English as katydids and in British English as bush-crickets, contains more than 6,400 species. It is part of the suborder Ensifera and the only family in the superfamily Tettigonioidea. They are also known as long-horned grasshoppers, although they are...
confined to rainforests of eastern Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. It contains the following species:
- Phricta aberransPhricta aberransPhricta aberrans is a species of Spiny Rainforest Katydid native to Northern New South Wales and South-east Queensland, Australia.....
- Phricta spinosa
- Phricta tortuwallina
- Phricta zwicka