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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 ... [...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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katydid Eggs
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 onomato ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tettigonia
''Tettigonia'' is the type genus of bush crickets belonging to the subfamily Tettigoniinae.Linnaeus, C. (1758). ''Systema Naturae per Regna tria naturae'' (10th ed.) 1: 429. The scientific name ''Tettigonia'' is onomatopoeic and derives from the Greek τεττιξ, meaning cicada. Species of this genus are typically quite large insects, with relatively massive bodies, green or brownish colour and long hindlegs. For example, great green bush-crickets, the type species described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', are the largest Orthopterans in the British Isles. Most ''Tettigonia'' species are present in Europe, North Africa and the Asian mainland, apart from '' Tettigonia orientalis'' which occurs in Japan. Species The ''Orthoptera Species File'' lists: * '' Tettigonia armeniaca'' Tarbinsky, 1940 (synonyms ''T. acutipennis'' Ebner, 1946; ''T. turcica'' Ramme, 1951) * '' Tettigonia balcanica'' Chobanov & Lemonnier-Darcemont, 2014 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conocephalinae
Conocephalinae, meaning "conical head", is an Orthopteran subfamily in the family Tettigoniidae. Genera The Orthoptera Species File lists the following subtribes and genera: Tribe Agraeciini Mostly South America, Africa, South-East Asia and Australia; Auth: Redtenbacher, 1891 * subtribe Agraeciina Redtenbacher, 1891 ** '' Agraecia'' Serville, 1831 * subtribe Eumegalodontina Brongniart, 1892 ** '' Lesina'' Walker, 1869 * subtribe Liarina Ingrisch, 1998 ** ''Labugama'' Henry, 1932 ** '' Liara'' Redtenbacher, 1891 ** '' Macroxiphus'' Pictet, 1888 * subtribe Oxylakina Ingrisch, 1998 ** '' Oxylakis'' Redtenbacher, 1891 * subtribe Salomonina Brongniart, 1897 ** '' Salomona'' Blanchard, 1853 * subtribe undetermined (many genera) ** '' Coptaspis'' Redtenbacher, 1891 Tribe Armadillagraeciini Australia; Auth: Rentz, Su & Ueshima, 2012 # '' Armadillagraecia'' Rentz, Su, Ueshima & Robinson, 2010 # '' Kapalgagraecia'' Rentz, Su, Ueshima & Robinson, 2010 # '' Lichenagraecia'' Rentz, Su & ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austrosaginae
Austrosaginae, the sluggish katydids, are a subfamily of Australian insects within the family 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, .... Genera The following genera are included: * '' Austrosaga'' Rentz, 1993 * '' Hemisaga'' Saussure, 1888 * '' Pachysaga'' Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 * '' Psacadonotus'' Redtenbacher, 1891 * '' Sciarasaga'' Rentz, 1993 References {{Taxonbar, from=Q2872274 Tettigoniidae Orthoptera subfamilies Orthoptera of Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ensifera
Ensifera is a suborder of insects that includes the various types of crickets and their allies including: true crickets, camel crickets, bush crickets or katydids, grigs, weta and Cooloola monsters. This and the suborder Caelifera (grasshoppers and their allies) make up the order Orthoptera. Ensifera is believed to be a more ancient group than Caelifera, with its origins in the Carboniferous period, the split having occurred at the end of the Permian period. Unlike the Caelifera, the Ensifera contain numerous members that are partially carnivorous, feeding on other insects, as well as plants. ''Ensifer'' is Latin for "sword bearer", and refers to the typically elongated and blade-like ovipositor of the females. Characteristics Characteristics shared by the two orthopteran suborders, Caelifera and Ensifera, are the mouthparts adapted for biting and chewing, the modified prothorax, the hind legs modified for jumping, the wing shape and venation, and the sound-producing stri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pterophylla Camellifolia
''Pterophylla camellifolia'', the common true katydid, is a common North American insect in the family Tettigoniidae (katydids). Within the Tettigoniidae, it belongs to the subfamily Pseudophyllinae (true katydids). Other common names include northern true katydid and rough-winged katydid. The loud, rasping, three-pulsed song, rendered "''ka-ty-did''", of the male of the nominate northern subspecies is the source of the vernacular name "''katydid''” as applied to any tettigoniid. It is a nearly flightless species that, in contrast with other katydids, often walks, runs, or hops rather than leaping or flying. It lives in the canopy of deciduous trees, where it feeds on the foliage. It can reach up to in length. Song The singing rate is temperature dependent. Four populations of this species can be distinguished by song characteristics: *The two-, three-, or four-pulsed song of northern populations, as described above; * The faster song with more pulses per phrase, often hear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tettigonia Viridissima
''Tettigonia viridissima'', the great green bush-cricket, is a large species of bush-cricket belonging to the subfamily Tettigoniinae. Distribution and habitat This species can be encountered in most of Europe, in the eastern Palearctic realm, in the Near East, and in North Africa, especially in meadows, grasslands, prairies and occasionally in gardens at an elevation up to above sea level. Description The adult males grow up to long, while females reach . This insect is most often completely green (but there are specimens completely yellowish or with yellow legs), excluding a rust-colored band on top of the body. The organ of the stridulation of the males is generally brown. ''Tettigonia viridissima'' is distinguished by its very long and thin antennae, which can sometimes reach up to three times the length of the body, thus differentiating them from grasshoppers, which always carry short antennae. It could be confused with '' Tettigonia cantans'', whose wings are a centim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hetrodinae
The HetrodinaeBrunner von Wattenwyl (1878) ''Monographie der Phaneropteriden. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien,'' vol. 28, p. 1-401. are a subfamily of robust bush crickets, also known as armoured katydids, corn crickets, ''etc.'' (Orthoptera: Ensifera) currently including five tribes. Distribution The subfamily is endemic to Africa and adjacent areas of the Arabian Peninsula The Arabian Peninsula, (; ar, شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّة, , "Arabian Peninsula" or , , "Island of the Arabs") or Arabia, is a peninsula of Western Asia, situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian Plate. .... Tribes and genera The subfamily consists of the following tribes and genera: Acanthoplini Authority: Ebner 1964 # '' Acanthoplus'' Stål, 1873 # '' Cloanthella'' Bolívar, 1890 Anepisceptini Authority: Schmidt, G.H. 1998 # '' Anepisceptus'' Fieber, 1853 # '' Weidnerius'' Schmidt, 1998 Enyaliopsini Aut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hexacentrinae
The Hexacentrinae, are a subfamily of predatory bush crickets or katydids. The type genus is '' Hexacentrus'', which may be known as "balloon-winged" bush crickets/katydids etc., is also the most speciose and widespread in Africa and Asia. Description The group has sometimes been treated as a tribe (as "Hexacentrini") within Conocephalinae, which may be a sister group. A.V. Gorochov described the following characters for this subfamily: * rostrum of head narrow with simple, moderately long mandibles, without distinct sexual dimorphism; * flat, wide hind lobe of the pronotum with thoracic sternites having a pair of spines or finger-like processes; * fore and middle legs have tibiae with long spines, especially on the ventral surface (for predation); * hind wings (if not shortened) with developed “costal lobe”, and a characteristic thickened crossvein; * anal plate and epiproct rather simple (no distinct specializations) in both sexes, but male paraprocts have a finger- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ovipositor
The ovipositor is a tube-like organ used by some animals, especially insects, for the laying of eggs. In insects, an ovipositor consists of a maximum of three pairs of appendages. The details and morphology of the ovipositor vary, but typically its form is adapted to functions such as preparing a place for the egg, transmitting the egg, and then placing it properly. For most insects, the organ is used merely to attach the egg to some surface, but for many parasitic species (primarily in wasps and other Hymenoptera), it is a piercing organ as well. Some ovipositors only retract partly when not in use, and the basal part that sticks out is known as the scape, or more specifically oviscape, the word ''scape'' deriving from the Latin word '' scāpus'', meaning "stalk" or "shaft". In insects Grasshoppers use their ovipositors to force a burrow into the earth to receive the eggs. Cicadas pierce the wood of twigs with their ovipositors to insert the eggs. Sawflies slit the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cicada
The cicadas () are a superfamily, the Cicadoidea, of insects in the order Hemiptera (true bugs). They are in the suborder Auchenorrhyncha, along with smaller jumping bugs such as leafhoppers and froghoppers. The superfamily is divided into two families, the Tettigarctidae, with two species in Australia, and the Cicadidae, with more than 3,000 species described from around the world; many species remain undescribed. Cicadas have prominent eyes set wide apart, short antennae, and membranous front wings. They have an exceptionally loud song, produced in most species by the rapid buckling and unbuckling of drumlike tymbals. The earliest known fossil Cicadomorpha appeared in the Upper Permian period; extant species occur all around the world in temperate to tropical climates. They typically live in trees, feeding on watery sap from xylem tissue, and laying their eggs in a slit in the bark. Most cicadas are cryptic. The vast majority of species are active during the day as adul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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