Xizicus is a genus of Asian bush crickets belonging to the tribe Meconematini in the subfamily Meconematinae. They are found in India, China, Korea, and Indochina.[2]

Xizicus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Meconematinae
Tribe: Meconematini
Genus: Xizicus
Gorochov, 1993[1]
Type species
Xizicus fascipes
(Bey-Bienko, 1955)
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Subgenera and species

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The Orthoptera Species File[2] currently lists the following species (Eoxizicus may be placed here or at the genus level[3]):

subgenus Axizicus Gorochov, 1998
  1. Xizicus andamanensis (Kevan & Jin, 1993)
  2. Xizicus appendiculatus (Tinkham, 1944)
  3. Xizicus bifurcatus Liu, 2020
  4. Xizicus bispinus Jiao & Shi, 2014
  5. Xizicus falcata Chang, Du & Shi, 2013
  6. Xizicus furcus (Cui, Liu & Shi, 2020)
  7. Xizicus lineosus Gorochov & Kang, 2005
  8. Xizicus sergeji (Gorochov, 1998)
  9. Xizicus spinocercus Jiao & Shi, 2013
Subgenus Furcixizicus Gorochov, 2002
  1. Xizicus bilobus (Bey-Bienko, 1962)
  2. Xizicus changi Gorochov, 2002
  3. Xizicus cryptostictus (Hebard, 1922)
  4. Xizicus furcicercus Gorochov, 2002
  5. Xizicus omelkoi Gorochov, 2019
  6. Xizicus siamensis (Karny, 1926)
Subgenus Haploxizicus Wang, Jing, Liu & Li, 2014
  1. Xizicus hunanensis (Xia & Liu, 1992)
  2. Xizicus incisus (Xia & Liu, 1990)
  3. Xizicus maculatus (Xia & Liu, 1992)
  4. Xizicus spathulatus (Tinkham, 1944)
  5. Xizicus szechwanensis (Tinkham, 1944)
Subgenus Paraxizicus Liu, 2004
  1. Xizicus anisocercus Liu, 2004
  2. Xizicus biprocerus (Shi & Zheng, 1996)
  3. Xizicus fallax Wang, Jing, Liu & Li, 2014
  4. Xizicus furcistylus Feng, Chang & Shi, 2016
Subgenus Xizicus Gorochov, 1993
  1. Xizicus daedalus Gorochov, 2011
  2. Xizicus fascipes (Bey-Bienko, 1955)type species
  3. Xizicus juxtafurcus (Xia & Liu, 1990)
  4. Xizicus proximus Gorochov, 1998
  5. Xizicus spinicaudus (Sänger & Helfert, 1998)
  6. Xizicus tricercus Feng, Shi & Mao, 2017
Subgenus Zangxizicus Wang, Jing, Liu & Li, 2014
  1. Xizicus curvus Chang & Shi, 2016
  2. Xizicus quadrifascipes Wang, Jing, Liu & Li, 2014
  3. Xizicus tibeticus Wang, Jing, Liu & Li, 2014
Not placed in a subgenus
  1. Xizicus kaltenbachi Sänger & Helfert, 2006

References

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  1. ^ Gorochov AV (1993) Zoosystematica Rossica 2(1): 76.
  2. ^ a b Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 27 February 2021)
  3. ^ Jin X, Liu X-W, Hanqiang Wang (2020) Zootaxa 4772(1): 27.
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