Hetrodinae

Hetrodinae
Hetrodes pupus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Hetrodinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
Synonyms
  • Heterodidae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
  • Hetrodidae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878

The Hetrodinae[1] are a subfamily of robust bush crickets, also known as armoured katydids, corn crickets, etc. (Orthoptera: Ensifera) currently including five tribes.

Distribution

The subfamily is endemic to Africa and adjacent areas of the Arabian Peninsula.[2][3]

Tribes and genera

The subfamily consists of the following tribes and genera:[3]

Acanthoplini

Authority: Ebner 1964

Acanthoplus discoidalis in the Namib Desert
  1. Acanthoplus Stål, 1873
  2. Cloanthella Bolívar, 1890

Anepisceptini

Authority: Schmidt, G.H. 1998

  1. Anepisceptus Fieber, 1853
  2. Weidnerius Schmidt, 1998

Enyaliopsini

Authority: Weidner 1955

  1. Cosmoderus Lucas, 1868
  2. Enyaliopsis Karsch, 1887
  3. Gymnoproctus Karsch, 1887
  4. Hemihetrodes Pictet, 1888

Eugastrini

Authority: Karsch 1887

  1. Acanthoproctus Karsch, 1887
  2. Bradyopisthius Karsch, 1887
  3. Eugaster Serville, 1838
  4. Eugasteroides Weidner, 1955
  5. Spalacomimus Karsch, 1887

Hetrodini

Authority: Brunner von Wattenwyl 1878

References

  1. ^ Brunner von Wattenwyl (1878) Monographie der Phaneropteriden. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, vol. 28, p. 1-401.
  2. ^ Johnson, Norman F., ed. (2009). Advances in the systematics of Hymenoptera: Festschrift in honour of Lubomír Masner. Sofia [etc.]: Pensoft. p. 34. ISBN 9789546425126.
  3. ^ a b Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 11 December 2022)