Singaporensis Archives - Singapore Geographic https://www.singaporegeographic.com/tag/singaporensis Singapore Biodiversity, List of Wild Animals, Insect, Nature Article that has been recorded in Singapore. Wed, 29 Dec 2021 05:08:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 135464637 Oxylakis Singaporensis https://www.singaporegeographic.com/insects/insect/oxylakis-singaporensis?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=oxylakis-singaporensis https://www.singaporegeographic.com/insects/insect/oxylakis-singaporensis#respond Wed, 08 Sep 2021 11:27:58 +0000 https://www.singaporegeographic.com/?p=5929 Given the specific name singaporensis, meaning ‘coming from Singapore’. The description is based upon two specimens, a 15 mm male collected at the Tenga airbase in 1958 and a 22 mm female collected at an unspecified location in Singapore in 1901. The male has an exceptionally dense stridulatory file, suggesting that its call would be quite distinctive. Science […]

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Location: Choa Chu Kang – September 2021

Thanks, Kenneth Chin Singapore (SG) Insect ID and Records for the ID

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