Cooloola (genus)
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{{Taxobox
| name = Cooloola
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
| classis = [[Insect]]a
| ordo = [[Orthoptera]]
| subordo = [[Ensifera]]
| superfamilia = [[Stenopelmatoidea]]
| familia = '''Cooloolidae'''
| genus = '''''Cooloola'''''
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
''[[Cooloola dingo]]'' – Dingo monster<br/>
''[[Cooloola propator]]'' – Cooloola monster<br/>
''[[Cooloola ziljan]]'' – Sugarcane monster<br/><!-- JInsectConserv2:143 -->
''[[Cooloola pearsoni]]''
}}
'''''Cooloola''''' is a [[genus]] of [[ensifera]]n [[orthoptera]]ns. It is the only genus in the family '''Cooloolidae''' of the [[superfamily]] [[Gryllacridoidea]].
Four species are known from this family, all endemic to [[Queensland]], [[Australia]]. The name originated from the discovery of the most well-known member of the family, the [[Cooloola monster]] (''Cooloola propator''), in the [[Cooloola National Park]].
Little is known about their life histories, as they lead an almost entirely subterranean existence, but it is believed that they are predaceous towards other soil-dwelling invertebrates.
The Cooloolidae are unusual in the primitive superfamily Gryllacridoidea in that members' antennae are considerably shorter than their body length.
==Further reading==
*''Grasshopper Country: The Abundant Orthopteroid Insects of Australia'', by [[David C. Rentz]]. 1995. ISBN 0-86840-063-7
==External links==
*[http://www.deh.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/action/non-marine-invertebrates/species-1.html#cooloola Species synopses] by the Australian Department of the Environment and Heritage
*[http://osf2x.orthoptera.org/osf2.3/OSF2X2Frameset.htm Orthoptera Species File Online]
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[[Category:Insects of Australia]]
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