''Tettigonia'' is the type genus of bush crickets belonging to the 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 crick ...

.Linnaeus, C. (1758). ''Systema Naturae per Regna tria naturae'' (10th ed.) 1: 429. The scientific name ''Tettigonia'' is

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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

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ns in the British Isles. Most ''Tettigonia'' species are present in Europe, North Africa and the Asian mainland, apart from ''

Tettigonia orientalis ''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 ...

'' which occurs in

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Species

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Tettigonia armeniaca ''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 ...

'' Tarbinsky, 1940 (synonyms ''T. acutipennis'' Ebner, 1946; ''T. turcica'' Ramme, 1951) * ''

Tettigonia balcanica ''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 ...

'' Chobanov & Lemonnier-Darcemont, 2014 * ''

Tettigonia cantans ''Tettigonia cantans'' is a species of bush crickets (or katydids) belonging to the family Tettigoniidae subfamily Tettigoniinae. Distribution ''Tettigonia cantans'' is present in most of Europe, in the eastern Palearctic realm, in Near East, an ...

'' (Fuessly, 1775) * ''

Tettigonia caudata ''Tettigonia caudata'' is a species of bush-crickets belonging to the family Tettigoniidae subfamily Tettigoniinae. It is found over most of Europe mainly in the East (it is absent from France and Spain).Fauna Europaea Fauna Europaea is a databa ...

'' (Charpentier, 1842) * ''

Tettigonia chinensis ''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 Onomatopoeia i ...

'' Willemse, 1933 * ''

Tettigonia chitralensis ''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 ...

'' Sultana, Panhwar & Wagan, 2015 * ''

Tettigonia dolichoptera ''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 ...

'' Mori, 1933 * ''

Tettigonia hispanica ''Tettigonia'' is the type genus of Tettigoniinae, 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 Onomatopoeia, onoma ...

'' Bolívar, 1893 * ''

Tettigonia ibuki ''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 ...

'' Furukawa, 1938 * ''

Tettigonia jungi ''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 ...

'' Storozhenko, Kim & Jeon, 2015 * ''

Tettigonia krugeri ''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 ...

'' Massa, 1998 * ''

Tettigonia longealata ''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 ...

'' Chopard, 1937 * ''

Tettigonia longispina ''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 ...

'' Ingrisch, 1983 * ''

Tettigonia lozanoi ''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 ...

'' (Bolívar, 1914) * ''

Tettigonia macrocephalus ''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 ...

'' (Fischer von Waldheim, 1846) * ''

Tettigonia macroxipha ''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 ...

'' (Bolívar, 1914) * ''

'' Uvarov, 1924 * ''

Tettigonia savignyi ''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 ...

'' (Lucas, 1849) * ''

Tettigonia silana ''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 ...

'' Capra, 1936 * ''

Tettigonia tsushimensis ''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 ...

'' Ogawa, 2003 * ''

Tettigonia ussuriana ''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 ...

'' Uvarov, 1939 * ''

Tettigonia uvarovi ''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 ...

'' Ebner, 1946 * ''

Tettigonia vaucheriana ''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 ...

'' (Pictet, 1888) * '' Tettigonia viridissima'' (Linnaeus, 1758) - type species (as '' Gryllus viridissimus'' L.) * ''

Tettigonia yama ''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 ...

'' Furukawa, 1938

Gallery

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'' File:Tettigoniidae - Tettigonia cantans-3.jpg, Male ''Tettigonia cantans'' File:Tettigonia cantans m 10191.jpg, ''Tettigonia cantans'' File:Tettigonia cantans bl.JPG, ''Tettigonia cantans'' File:Tettigoniidae - Tettigonia viridissima.JPG, Male '' Tettigonia viridissima'' File:Heupferd fg01.jpg, Female ''Tettigonia viridissima''

References

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