Thaumaspis

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Thaumaspis
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Tribe: Meconematini
Genus: Thaumaspis
Bolívar, 1900[1]
Type species

Bolívar, 1900

Thaumaspis is a genus of Asian bush crickets belonging to the tribe Meconematini in the subfamily Meconematinae.

Species[]

The Orthoptera Species File lists the following subgenera and species, with records from India, southern China, and Malesia (Java):[2]

Subgenus Isothaumaspis Gorochov, 1993

  • Bolívar, 1900

Subgenus Thaumaspis Bolívar, 1900

  • Gorochov, 1993
  • Liu & Wang, 1998
  • Bolívar, 1900
  • Bey-Bienko, 1957
  • (Karny, 1922)
  • Bolívar, 1900 – type species (locality: Tamil Nadu, India)

The genus Pseudothaumaspis, previously placed here as a subgenus of Thaumaspis, is now considered a separate genus.[3][4]

References[]

  1. ^ Bolívar I (1900[1899]) Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. 68: 768.
  2. ^ Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 15 December 2018)
  3. ^ Cigliano, M. M.; Braun, H.; Eades, D. C.; Otte, D. "genus Pseudothaumaspis Gorochov, 1998". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Orthoptera Species File. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  4. ^ Gorochov. 1998. New and little known Meconematinae of the tribes Meconematini and Phlugidini (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Zoosystematica Rossica 7(1):115


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