Sad cricket (Cardiodactylus novaeguineae)

Cardiodactylus novaeguineae
Taxonomic classification
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Gryllidae
Subfamily:	Eneopterinae
Tribe:	Lebinthini
Genus:	Cardiodactylus
Scientific name
Cardiodactylus novaeguineae (Haan, 1844)
Geography
Native countries:
Solomon Islands Vanuatu Indonesia Papua New Guinea New Caledonia
Sound
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The Sad cricket (Cardiodactylus novaeguineae) is a species of cricket or katydid in the subfamily Eneopterinae (bush crickets).

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Taxonomy

For full nomenclature and taxonomic details of this taxon, see Orthoptera Species File

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Specimen contributors for this species

Bionomia links specimen records in GBIF to the people who collected and identified them. Each list shows the top 20 for this species.

Collected by

People who collected specimens of this species in the field.

• Matthew Connors — 4 specimens collected
• Jessa Thurman — 2 specimens collected
• Ethan Beaver — 2 specimens collected

• Daniel Montesinos — 2 specimens collected
• Donald Hobern — 1 specimen collected
• Thomas Mesaglio — 1 specimen collected
• Michael Voeltz — 1 specimen collected
• Peggy Newman — 1 specimen collected
• Nicole Kearney — 1 specimen collected

Identified by

People who determined the taxonomic identity of specimens of this species.

• Matthew Connors — 38 specimens identified
• Ethan Beaver — 2 specimens identified
• Jessa Thurman — 1 specimen identified

• Michael Voeltz — 1 specimen identified
• Nicole Kearney — 1 specimen identified
• Daniel Montesinos — 1 specimen identified

References

Taxon identifiers

Australian Faunal DirectoryBOLD SystemsCatalogue of LifeEndemia.nc animalGBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)Google Knowledge GraphiNaturalistNCBI taxonomyOpen Tree of LifeOrthoptera Species File ID (old version)Orthoptera Species File taxon ID (new)TaiBNETTaiCOL ID (new version)TAXREFUMLS CUIXeno-canto