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Tettigoniinae
The Tettigoniinae are a subfamily of bush crickets or katydids, which contains hundreds of species in about twelve tribes. Distribution The greatest diversity is in the Palaearctic region and many of the familiar European species of bush crickets (''e.g.'' in the genera ''Metrioptera, Pholidoptera, Platycleis'' and the type genus ''Tettigonia'') are in this subfamily. They are attributed to an ancient Gondwana fauna, which is reflected in the known distribution of the southern African genera, which are in turn related to Australian and North American genera in the tribe Nedubini (''e.g. Neduba'' and '' Aglaothorax''). Extant genera are native to: the Americas (where they may be called shield-backed katydids), Australia, southern Africa, Europe (especially Mediterranean), and the Near East. The faunas of the Neotropics and Australia are more closely related to one other than to those of southern Africa and Madagascar (in tribe Arytropteridini), although the three fauna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arytropteridini
The Tettigoniinae are a subfamily of Tettigoniidae, bush crickets or katydids, which contains hundreds of species in about twelve Tribe (biology), tribes. Distribution The greatest diversity is in the Palaearctic region and many of the familiar European species of bush crickets (''e.g.'' in the genera ''Metrioptera, Pholidoptera, Platycleis'' and the type genus ''Tettigonia'') are in this subfamily. They are attributed to an ancient Gondwana fauna, which is reflected in the known distribution of the southern African genera, which are in turn related to Australian and North American genera in the tribe Nedubini (''e.g. Neduba'' and ''Aglaothorax''). Extant taxon, Extant genera are native to: the Americas (where they may be called shield-backed katydids), Australia, southern Africa, Europe (especially Mediterranean Basin, Mediterranean), and the Near East. The faunas of the Neotropics and Australia are more closely related to one other than to those of southern Africa and Madagasc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nedubini
The Tettigoniinae are a subfamily of bush crickets or katydids, which contains hundreds of species in about twelve tribes. Distribution The greatest diversity is in the Palaearctic region and many of the familiar European species of bush crickets (''e.g.'' in the genera ''Metrioptera, Pholidoptera, Platycleis'' and the type genus ''Tettigonia'') are in this subfamily. They are attributed to an ancient Gondwana fauna, which is reflected in the known distribution of the southern African genera, which are in turn related to Australian and North American genera in the tribe Nedubini (''e.g. Neduba'' and '' Aglaothorax''). Extant genera are native to: the Americas (where they may be called shield-backed katydids), Australia, southern Africa, Europe (especially Mediterranean), and the Near East. The faunas of the Neotropics and Australia are more closely related to one other than to those of southern Africa and Madagascar (in tribe Arytropteridini), although the three faunas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metrioptera
''Metrioptera''Wesmaël (1838) ''Bull. Acad. Sci. Bruxelles'' 5: 592. is a genus of insects in the tribe Platycleidini and subfamily Tettigoniinae The Tettigoniinae are a subfamily of bush crickets or katydids, which contains hundreds of species in about twelve tribes. Distribution The greatest diversity is in the Palaearctic region and many of the familiar European species of bush cricke ..., include the ''bog'' and ''meadow bush crickets''. They are found in Eurasia. Species Species include: *'' Metrioptera ambigua'' Pfau, 1986 *'' Metrioptera brachyptera'' (Linnaeus, 1761) *'' Metrioptera buyssoni'' (Saulcy, 1887) *'' Metrioptera caprai'' Baccetti, 1956 *'' Metrioptera hoermanni'' (Werner, 1906) *'' Metrioptera karnyana'' Uvarov, 1924 *'' Metrioptera maritima'' Olmo-Vidal, 1992 *'' Metrioptera prenjica'' (Burr, 1899) *'' Metrioptera saussuriana'' (Frey-Gessner, 1872) *'' Metrioptera tsirojanni'' Harz & Pfau, 1983 References {{Taxonbar, from=Q1307832 Tettigoniinae Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfredectes
''Alfredectes'' is a genus of bush crickets or katydids, which is endemic to South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the .... Species The genus contains the following species: * '' Alfredectes browni'' Rentz, 1988 – Brown's shieldback * '' Alfredectes semiaeneus'' (Serville, 1838) – Alfred's shieldback References Tettigoniinae Tettigoniidae genera {{tettigoniidae-stub ... [...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] |
Platycleis
''Platycleis'' is a genus of bush crickets described by Fieber in 1853, belonging to the subfamily Tettigoniinae. The species of this genus are present in Europe, North Africa and temperate Asia. Biology Studies conducted in 2010 at the University of Derby by Karim Vahed, Darren Parker and James Gilbert found that the tuberous bushcricket ('' Platycleis affinis'') has the largest testicle A testicle or testis (plural testes) is the male reproductive gland or gonad in all bilaterians, including humans. It is homologous to the female ovary. The functions of the testes are to produce both sperm and androgens, primarily testoste ...s in proportion to body mass of any animal recorded. They account for 14% of the insect's body mass and are thought to enable a fast re-mating rate. '' Platycleis albopunctata'' is the grey bush cricket and occurs in the British Isles. Species The ''Orthoptera Species File'' lists the following accepted species: # '' Platycleis affinis'' Fieb ... [...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] |
Pholidoptera
''Pholidoptera'' is a genus of bush-crickets belonging to the subfamily Tettigoniinae and the type genus of the tribe Pholidopterini. List of species * '' Pholidoptera aptera'' (Fabricius, 1793) - alpine dark bush-cricket * '' Pholidoptera brevicollis'' (A. Costa, 1882) * '' Pholidoptera brevipes'' Ramme, 1939 * '' Pholidoptera brunneri'' (Targioni-Tozzetti, 1881) * '' Pholidoptera bureschi'' Maran, 1957 * '' Pholidoptera caucasica'' (Fischer von Waldheim, 1846) * '' Pholidoptera dalmatica'' (H. A. Krauss, 1879) - Dalmatian dark bush-cricket * '' Pholidoptera dalmatina'' Maran, 1953 * '' Pholidoptera distincta'' (Uvarov, 1921) * '' Pholidoptera ebneri'' Ramme, 1931 - Ebner's dark bush-cricket * '' Pholidoptera fallax'' (Fischer von Waldheim, 1854) * '' Pholidoptera femorata'' (Fieber, 1853) - large dark bush-cricket * '' Pholidoptera frivaldskyi'' (Herman, 1871) - green dark bush-cricket * '' Pholidoptera ganevi'' Harz, 1986 * ''Pholidoptera griseoaptera The dark bush-cricket ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arytropteris
''Arytropteris'' is a genus of shield-backed katydids, containing the following species: * '' Arytropteris basalis'' (Walker, 1869) – flat-necked shieldback * '' Arytropteris granulithorax'' Péringuey, 1916 – east coast flat-necked shieldback * '' Arytropteris pondo'' (Rentz, 1988) – Pondo flat-necked shieldback See also * ''Thoracistus ''Thoracistus'' is a genus of decticine or shield-backed katydids in the family Tettigoniidae. The mostly carnivorous genus is endemic to South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, ...'' References Tettigoniinae Tettigoniidae genera {{tettigoniidae-stub ... [...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] |
Ceresia Pulchripes
''Ceresia pulchripes'', the common ceresia, is a species of bush cricket or katydid endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ... to South Africa. It is the only species in the genus ''Ceresia''. References IUCN Red List least concern species Tettigoniinae Endemic insects of South Africa Orthoptera of Africa Insects described in 1916 Monotypic Orthoptera genera {{Tettigoniidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neduba
''Neduba'' is a genus of insects in the family Tettigoniidae (katydids), which is native to North America. Species The following species (1 extinct) belong to the genus ''Neduba'': # '' Neduba carinata'' F. Walker, 1869 - type species # '' Neduba castanea'' (Scudder, 1899) # '' Neduba convexa'' Caudell, 1907 # '' Neduba diabolica'' (Scudder, 1899) # '' Neduba macneilli'' Rentz & Birchim, 1968 (Macneill's shieldback) # '' Neduba morsei'' Caudell, 1907 # '' Neduba propsti'' Rentz & Weissmann, 1981 (Catalina shield-back cricket) # '' Neduba sierranus'' (Rehn & Hebard, 1911) (sierra shieldback) # '' Neduba steindachneri'' (Herman, 1874) (Steindachner's shieldback) #'' Neduba extincta'' Rentz, 1977 i c g Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net References Tettigoniinae Tettigoniidae genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{tettigoniidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
