page_title: Phaulacridium otagoense
section_title: Distribution and habitat
hierarchical_section_title: Phaulacridium otagoense / Distribution and habitat
caption_attribution_description: English: Phaulacridium otagoense habitat
context_page_description: Phaulacridium otagoense is an endemic New Zealand grasshopper found at low elevation throughout the central South Island.
context_section_description: The New Zealand P. otagoense is found on very dry slopes & riverbeds between the altitude of 140 metres (460 ft) on the Earncleugh Historic Tailings Reserve (45°14′08″S 169°21′17″E) and 1,200 metres (3,900 ft) on the Benmore Range (44°24′11″S 170°06′35″E). The most southern known location is found at Lake Roxburgh (45°28′45″S 169°19′04″E) and the most northern known location is found on the Richmond Range (43°51′35″S 170°39′00″E). The distribution of P. otagoense is being reduced by expansion and hybridisation with P. marginale
caption: A overview of the P. otagoense habitat.
  Lowburn 45°00′16″S 169°12′46″E﻿ / ﻿45.00431105°S 169.2126835°E﻿ / -45.00431105; 169.2126835
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