Lesina (insect)

Lesina
	A female nymph of
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Family:	Tettigoniidae
Subfamily:	Conocephalinae
Tribe:	Agraeciini
Genus:	Lesina Walker, 1869
Synonyms
	Eumegalodon Brongniart, 1892; Megalodon Brullé, 1835;

Lesina^[1] is a genus of bush cricket in the tribe Agraeciini. Species in this genus are known as 'dragon headed katydids'^{[citation needed]} with the similar species . They are native to tropical Asia including Malaysia, Indonesia and Borneo, while they are endemic to Croatia. They are listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species due to a continuing decline of mature individuals. ^[2]

Species[]

The Orthoptera Species File lists:^[3]

subgenus Ellatodon Caudell, 1927

(Brongniart, 1890)
Gorochov & Berezin, 2016

subgenus Lesina Walker, 1869

(Brullé, 1835)
(Karny, 1923)
de Jong, 1942
Walker, 1869 - type species
Karny, 1923

Misidentification[]

Lesina is often misidentified as Acridoxena, found in Africa.^[4]^[5]

References[]

^ Walker F (1869) Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum 2: 231
^ Hochkirch, A. "Rhacocleis buchichii, Lesina Bush-cricket" (PDF). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
^ Orthoptera Species File (retrieved 2 May 2020)
^ InsectNet.com
^ Search results from Google

External links[]

Data related to Agraeciini at Wikispecies
Media related to Lesina at Wikimedia Commons

[1] Walker F (1869) Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum 2: 231

[2] Hochkirch, A. "Rhacocleis buchichii, Lesina Bush-cricket" (PDF). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 14 December 2020.

[OSF-3] Orthoptera Species File (retrieved 2 May 2020)

[4] InsectNet.com

[5] Search results from Google

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