''Tarbinskiellus portentosus'' is the

type species In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen ...

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

in its Asian genus, which belongs to the

tribe The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English language, English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in p ...

Gryllini GrylliniLaicharting (1781) ''Verzeichnis und Beschreibung der Tyroler Insecten'' 1. is a tribe of crickets (Orthoptera: Ensifera) and typical of the family Gryllidae. Species are terrestrial, carnivorous or omnivorous and can be found in all con ...

. This species has been recorded from India, China,

Indochina Mainland Southeast Asia, also known as the Indochinese Peninsula or Indochina, is the continental portion of Southeast Asia. It lies east of the Indian subcontinent and south of Mainland China and is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the west an ...

and

Malesia Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the Equator and the boundaries of the Indomalayan and Australasian realms, and also a phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical Kingdom. It has been given different definitions. The ...

; it is called ''Gangsir'' in Indonesia. Placed in the subtribe Brachytrupina, for many years this cricket was included in the African genus ''

Brachytrupes ''Brachytrupes'' is a genus of mostly African crickets in the family Gryllidae. Species *'' Brachytrupes calaharicus'' (Karny, 1910) *'' Brachytrupes chopardi'' (Uvarov, 1922) *'' Brachytrupes grandidieri'' (Saussure, 1877) *'' Brachytrupes me ...

'', due to the relative size and shape its head.

Gallery

Tarbins portent 130506-35423 tdp.JPG, male, singing Brachytrupes portentosus (20586443880).jpg Brachytrupes portentosus (20765017812).jpg BioAcoustica 598 2 Tarbinskiellus portentosus 671r2.flac, song Tarbins portent 060616-07604 cromb.JPG, female Brachytrupes portentosus (20587679459).jpg, head

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* * {{taxonbar, from=Q10691115, from2=Q16307497 Gryllinae Orthoptera of Asia Orthoptera of Indo-China Taxa named by Anton August Heinrich Lichtenstein