Macroteratura is a genus of Asian bush crickets belonging to the tribe Meconematini in the subfamily Meconematinae. The genus was erected by AV Gorochov in 1993 as a subgenus of Teratura (Macroteratura).[1] Species also have been described previously in Kuzicus (Macroteraturus)[2] before being placed in this genus in 2020;[3] records are from China and Vietnam (but the known distribution may be incomplete).[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Tettigoniidae |
| Subfamily: | Meconematinae |
| Tribe: | Meconematini |
| Genus: | Macroteratura Gorochov, 1993 |
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Species
editThe Orthoptera Species File lists the following species:[4]
- subgenus Macroteratura Gorochov, 1993
- Macroteratura inospina Chen, Cui & Chang, 2020
- Macroteratura megafurcula (Tinkham, 1944)
- type species (as Xiphidiopsis megafurcula Tinkham); locality: Maan Chi Shan, Guangdong, SE China - Macroteratura sinica (Bey-Bienko, 1957)
- Macroteratura thrinaca (Qiu & Shi, 2010)
- subgenus Stenoteratura Gorochov, 1993
- Macroteratura bhutanica (Ingrisch, 2002)
- Macroteratura janetscheki (Bey-Bienko, 1968)
- Macroteratura kryzhanovskii (Bey-Bienko, 1957)
- Macroteratura twinsloba Liu, 2020
- Macroteratura yunnanea (Bey-Bienko, 1957)
References
edit- ^ Gorochov AV (1993) Zoosystematica Rossica 2(1): 70. link to AVG papers
- ^ Liu X-W (2004) In Liu, X.-W. & Haisheng Yin. Orthoptera: Tettigonioidea and Stenopelmatoidea. Insects from Mt. Shiwandashan Area of Guangxi 102.
- ^ Jin X, Liu X-W, Hanqiang Wang (2020) Zootaxa 4772(1): 42.
- ^ a b Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 22 August 2022)
External links
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Data related to Macroteratura at Wikispecies
