Hexacentrinae

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Hexacentrinae
Hexacentrus unicolor Serville (20542916926) (cropped).jpg
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Hexacentrinae
Karny, 1925
Synonyms[1]

Hexacentrini Karny, 1912

The Hexacentrinae, are a subfamily of predatory bush crickets or katydids. The type genus is Hexacentrus, which are also known as balloon-winged katydids.[2][3] The group has sometimes been treated as a tribe (as "Hexacentrini") within Conocephalinae, which may be a sister group.[2][1] Members of this subfamily have lobules on the male .[1] Most of them also have a flat, wide hind lobe of the pronotum.[1]

Distribution[]

Many species are Asian or African in origin, but genera in the tribes and are South American.[2]

Genera[]

As of January 2018, Orthoptera Species File lists the following tribes and genera:[2]

  • Ecuanedubini Braun, Chamorro-Rengifo & Morris, 2009
    • Braun & Morris, 2009 (1 species)
    • Gorochov, 2006 (3 spp.)
  • Nubimystrigini Braun, 2016
    • Braun, 2016 (2 sp.)
  • Unplaced genera
    • Hemp, 2001 (4 spp.)
    • Rentz, 2001 (4 spp.)
    • Hebard, 1922 (1 sp.)
    • Karny, 1926 (5 spp.)
    • Hexacentrus Serville, 1831 (24 spp.)
    • Hugel, 2010 (1 sp.)
    • Karny, 1912 (1 sp.)
    • Bolívar, 1905 (2 spp.)
    • Willemse, 1961 (1 sp.)
    • Bolívar, 1905 (1 sp.)

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Gorochov. 2007. Zoosystematica Rossica 16(2):210
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Orthoptera species file (retrieved 2 January 2018)
  3. ^ Karny (1925) Sarawak Mus. J. 3: 35-53.
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