Thaumaspis

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Thaumaspis

Genus of cricket-like animals

Thaumaspis is a genus of Asian bush crickets belonging to the tribe Meconematini in the subfamily Meconematinae. The known distribution is from India, southern China, and Malesia (Java), but records are probably incomplete.[2]

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Species

The Orthoptera Species File lists the following subgenera and species:[2]

Subgenus Isothaumaspis Gorochov, 1993
  1. Thaumaspis forcipatus Bolívar, 1900
Subgenus Thaumaspis Bolívar, 1900
  1. Thaumaspis castetsi Gorochov, 1993
  2. Thaumaspis henanensis Liu & Wang, 1998
  3. Thaumaspis longipes Bolívar, 1900
  4. Thaumaspis montanus Bey-Bienko, 1957
  5. Thaumaspis siccifolii (Karny, 1922)
  6. Thaumaspis trigonurus 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] Other species transferred to other genera include Athaumaspis bifurcatus.

References

  1. [1]
    Bolívar I (1900[1899]) Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. 68: 768.
  2. [2]
    Orthoptera Species File: genus Thaumaspis Bolívar, 1900 (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 11 August 2022)
  3. [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. [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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