Fairy Neenan Grasshopper
S1, Adult, Female, profile
Ellura
Wet-area Grasshopper
Green Nymph
 
                 
Fairy Neenan Grasshopper (Perbelliina sp ES01)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Crickets, Grasshoppers & Katydids (Orthoptera)
Family: Short-horned Grasshopper (Caelifera: Acrididae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Fairy Neenan Grasshopper (Perbelliina sp ES01)
This Photo:     🔍S1, Adult, Female, Inside Leg🔎

Thank you Matthew Connors for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
1st Record on iNaturalist:
~8mm long female.
Found by Matthew on his recent trip to Ellura.
A known but undescribed grasshopper. It's official name is Genus Novum 6 sp 5. It's in the sub-tribe Perbelliina, but in a new genus that has been described either, ergo "Genus Novum 6".

Copyright © 2025 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 21-Jan-2025
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.