Sigaus childi is an endangered protected species of grasshopper from South Island, New Zealand known from the Alexandra district. Two species of grasshoppers are listed for protection under the Wildlife Act 1953 of New Zealand: S. childi and Brachaspis robustus. The genus Sigaus is endemic to the New Zealand.
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0