Tettigonia is the type genus of bush crickets belonging to the subfamily Tettigoniinae.[1] The scientific name Tettigonia is onomatopoeic and derives from the Greek τεττιξ, meaning cicada.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Tettigoniidae |
| Tribe: | Tettigoniini |
| Genus: | Tettigonia Linnaeus, 1758 |
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Species of this genus are typically quite large insects, with relatively massive bodies, green or brownish colour and long hindlegs. For example, great green bush-crickets, the type species described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae, are the largest Orthopterans in the British Isles.[2]
Most Tettigonia species are present in Europe, North Africa and the Asian mainland, apart from Tettigonia orientalis which occurs in Japan.[3]
Species
editThe Orthoptera Species File[3] lists:
- Tettigonia armeniaca Tarbinsky, 1940 (synonyms T. acutipennis Ebner, 1946; T. turcica Ramme, 1951)
- Tettigonia balcanica Chobanov & Lemonnier-Darcemont, 2014
- Tettigonia cantans (Fuessly, 1775)
- Tettigonia caudata (Charpentier, 1842)
- Tettigonia chinensis Willemse, 1933
- Tettigonia chitralensis Sultana, Panhwar & Wagan, 2015
- Tettigonia dolichoptera Mori, 1933
- Tettigonia hispanica Bolívar, 1893
- Tettigonia ibuki Furukawa, 1938
- Tettigonia jungi Storozhenko, Kim & Jeon, 2015
- Tettigonia krugeri Massa, 1998
- Tettigonia longealata Chopard, 1937
- Tettigonia longispina Ingrisch, 1983
- Tettigonia lozanoi (Bolívar, 1914)
- Tettigonia macrocephalus (Fischer von Waldheim, 1846)
- Tettigonia macroxipha (Bolívar, 1914)
- Tettigonia orientalis Uvarov, 1924
- Tettigonia savignyi (Lucas, 1849)
- Tettigonia silana Capra, 1936
- Tettigonia tsushimensis Ogawa, 2003
- Tettigonia ussuriana Uvarov, 1939
- Tettigonia uvarovi Ebner, 1946
- Tettigonia vaucheriana (Pictet, 1888)
- Tettigonia viridissima (Linnaeus, 1758) - type species (as Gryllus viridissimus L.)
- Tettigonia yama Furukawa, 1938
Gallery
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Female Tettigonia viridissima
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna tria naturae (10th ed.) 1: 429.
- ^ Ragge, D. R. (1965). Grasshoppers, Crickets & Cockroaches of the British Isles. Frederick Warne & Co. p. 299.
- ^ a b Orthoptera Species File: genus Tettigonia Linnaeus, 1758 (Version 5.0/5.0 retrieved 29 May 2020)
External links
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