Zabalius[1] is a genus of bush crickets or katydids in the subfamily Pseudophyllinae. Its distribution is essentially Afrotropical.[2] They are generally heavily built, tree-dwelling herbivorous katydids, capable of flight.[citation needed]
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| Zabalius aridus female, ventral aspect | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Tettigoniidae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudophyllinae |
| Tribe: | Pseudophyllini |
| Genus: | Zabalius (Bolívar, 1886) |
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Species
editThe Orthoptera Species File includes:[2]
- Zabalius albifasciatus (Karsch, 1896)
- Zabalius apicalis (Bolívar, 1886)
- Zabalius aridus (Walker, 1869)
- Zabalius centralis Beier, 1957
- Zabalius congicus Beier, 1954
- Zabalius girardi Beier, 1973
- Zabalius lineolatus (Stål, 1873) - type species (as Mustius guineensis Bolívar)
- Zabalius ophthalmicus (Walker, 1869)
- Zabalius robustus Beier, 1954
- Zabalius verruculosus (Pictet & Saussure, 1892)
References
edit- ^ Bolívar I (1886) In: Ossorio Fernando Póo y el Golfo de Guinea. Apuntes de un viaje. An. Soc. Espan. Hist. Nat. 15: 346.
- ^ a b Cigliano, M. M.; Braun, H.; Eades, D. C.; Otte, D. "genus Zabalius Bolívar, 1886". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Orthoptera Species File. Retrieved 1 January 2019.