Ancistrura

Ancistrura
Ancistrura nigrovittata male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Phaneropterinae
Tribe: Barbitistini
Genus: Ancistrura
Uvarov, 1921
Species:
A. nigrovittata
Binomial name
Ancistrura nigrovittata
(Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878)
Synonyms
  • Ancistrura kinzelbachi Harz, 1975
  • Ancistrura truncata Uvarov, 1921
  • Barbitistes brunneri Pančić, 1883
  • Barbitistes nigrovittatus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
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Ancistrura is a monotypic genus of European bush crickets in the subfamily Phaneropterinae and tribe Barbitistini, erected by Boris Uvarov in 1921.[1]

Species

The Orthoptera Species File[2] includes the single species Ancistrura nigrovittata (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878), which is found in the Balkans and Greece; it was originally placed in the genus Barbitistes.[3]

References

  1. ^ Uvarov BP (1921) Descriptions of four new Orthoptera from Macedonia. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 33, 155–159.
  2. ^ Orthoptera Species File: genus Ancistrura Uvarov, 1921 (retrieved 22 June 2023)
  3. ^ Brunner von Wattenwyl C (1878) Monographie der Phaneropteriden K. K. Zoologisch-Botanische Gesellschaft in Wien, Wien. 1-401, pl. 1-8. Available from biodiversitylibrary.org.