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Segestes (katydid)
''Segestes''Stål C (1877) ''Ofv. K. Vetensk. Akad. Forh.'' 34(10): 45. is a genus of Tettigoniidae, bush crickets in the subfamily Mecopodinae and tribe Sexavaini. Species can be found in Australasia. Species The ''Orthoptera Species File'' lists: # ''Segestes beieri'' Kästner, 1934 # ''Segestes brevipennis'' Willemse, 1977 # ''Segestes celebensis'' Karny, 1931 # ''Segestes cornelii'' Willemse, 1977 # ''Segestes decoratus'' Redtenbacher, 1892 # ''Segestes frater'' Hebard, 1922 # ''Segestes fuscus'' Redtenbacher, 1892 # ''Segestes nostosalgos'' Tan & Wahab, 2020 # ''Segestes punctipes'' Redtenbacher, 1892 # ''Segestes stibicki'' Willemse, 1977 # ''Segestes unicolor'' Redtenbacher, 1892 # ''Segestes vittaticeps'' Stål, 1877 - type species References External links * * {{Taxonbar, from=Q10665102 Mecopodinae Orthoptera genera Orthoptera of Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Segestes Decoratus
Segestes was a nobleman of the Germanic tribe of the Cherusci involved in the events surrounding the Roman attempts to conquer northern Germany during the reign of Roman Emperor Augustus. Arminius, the Cheruscan noble and military leader, had married Thusnelda, Segestes' daughter, against her father's will. As a result, Segestes, who favoured Roman overlordship, bore an ongoing grudge against Arminius. In 9 AD he warned the Roman governor Publius Quinctilius Varus of the impending uprising of his countrymen, but he was not believed. Varus and his three legions subsequently perished in the three-day Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, where several allied German tribes under the command of Arminius ambushed them. Segestes openly turned against Arminius when Germanicus invaded northern Germany in 15 AD in a renewed attempt to establish Roman rule in the area. Besieged in his stronghold by his own countrymen, Segestes appealed for help to Germanicus whose forces relieved the siege, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |