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Atlanticus Holdings
''Atlanticus'' is a genus of "eastern shieldback" Tettigoniidae, bush crickets or katydids in the tribe Drymadusini. It has a discontinuous distribution in North America and temperate eastern Asia. Species These 59 species belong to the genus ''Atlanticus'': * ''Atlanticus abeitaii'' Liu, 2013 * ''Atlanticus ahunanensis'' Liu, 2013 * ''Atlanticus akangxiani'' Liu, 2013 * ''Atlanticus akulingensis'' Liu, 2013 * ''Atlanticus americanus'' (Saussure, 1859) (American shieldback) * ''Atlanticus beitaii'' Liu, 2013 * ''Atlanticus bikouensis'' Zheng & Shi, 1999 * ''Atlanticus brevicaudus'' Bey-Bienko, 1955 * ''Atlanticus brunneri'' (Pylnov, 1914) * ''Atlanticus calcaratus'' Rehn & Hebard, 1916 * ''Atlanticus changi'' Tinkham, 1941 * ''Atlanticus davisi'' Rehn & Hebard, 1916 (Davis's shieldback) * ''Atlanticus donglingi'' Liu, 2013 * ''Atlanticus dorsalis'' (Burmeister, 1838) * ''Atlanticus fairyi'' Liu, 2013 * ''Atlanticus fallax'' He, 2018 * ''Atlanticus fengyangensis'' Liu, 2013 * ''A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tettigoniidae
Insects in the family Tettigoniidae are commonly called katydids (especially in North America), or bush crickets. They have previously been known as "long-horned grasshoppers". More than 8,000 species are known. Part of the suborder Ensifera, the Tettigoniidae are the only extant (living) family in the superfamily Tettigonioidea. They are primarily nocturnal in habit with strident mating calls. Many species exhibit mimicry and camouflage, commonly with shapes and colors similar to leaves. Etymology The family name Tettigoniidae is derived from the genus ''Tettigonia'', first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. In Latin ''tettigonia'' means a kind of small cicada, leafhopper; it is from the Greek τεττιγόνιον ''tettigonion'', the diminutive of the imitative ( onomatopoeic) τέττιξ, ''tettix'', cicada. All of these names such as ''tettix'' with repeated sounds are onomatopoeic, imitating the stridulation of these insects. The common name ''katydid'' is also onomat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
