NEMOBIINAE Saussure, 1877

Desutter-Grandcolas, Laure, Anso, Jérémy & Jourdan, Hervé, 2016, Crickets of New Caledonia (Insecta, Orthoptera, Grylloidea): a key to genera, with diagnoses of extant genera and descriptions of new taxa, Zoosystema 38 (4), pp. 405-452 : 416

Subfamily NEMOBIINAE Saussure, 1877

REMARKS

Nemobiinae are well-diversified in New Caledonia, with several endemic genera in addition to genera distributed in the Australian region. Ten genera are presently endemic to the Territory, two of which have only been recently discovered: Amonemobius Otte, 1987 ; Bullita Gorochov, 1986a (= Fikola Gorochov, 1986a ); Caledonina Desutter-Grandcolas , n. gen.; Ignambina Otte, 1987 ; Ionemobius Otte, Alexander & Cade, 1987 ; Koghiella Otte, Alexander & Cade, 1987 ; Orintia Gorochov, 1986a ; Paniella Otte, Alexander & Cade, 1987 ; Paora Gorochov, 1986a n . stat. (restored from its synonymy with Apteronemobius Chopard, 1929 ) and Kanakinemobius Desutter-Grandcolas, 2016 .

Two other genera are present in New Caledonia: 1) Bobilla Otte & Alexander, 1983 , found in New Caledonia by Otte et al. (1987) and otherwise distributed in Australia ( Otte & Alexander 1983) and New Zealand ( Otte et al. 1987); and 2) Thetella Otte & Alexander, 1983 , newly reported here from New Caledonia.

Although the status of some of these genera may have to be checked with phylogenetic studies, Nemobiinae are today the most diversified cricket clade in New Caledonia and may reveal one of the best model group to test evolutionary hypotheses about New Caledonia colonisation. Available data also show that it is a very good indicator for ecological and conservation issues (Anso 2016).