''Macroteratura'' is a genus of Asian
bush crickets belonging to the tribe
Meconematini
Meconematinae is a subfamily of the bush crickets, with a worldwide distribution (but very limited representation in Antarctica and North America).
Tribes and genera
In the Orthoptera Species File, the following are listed:
Meconematini
Aut ...
in the subfamily
Meconematinae
Meconematinae is a subfamily of the Tettigoniidae, bush crickets, with a worldwide distribution (but very limited representation in Antarctica and North America).
Tribes and genera
In the Orthoptera Species File, the following are listed:
Mec ...
. The genus was erected by AV Gorochov in 1993 as a subgenus of ''
Teratura
''Teratura'' is a genus of Asian bush crickets belonging to the tribe Meconematini (subfamily Meconematinae). Species have been recorded from India, Indo-China, China and Peninsular Malaysia.
Species
The ''Orthoptera Species File'' lists th ...
(Macroteratura)''. Species also have been described previously in ''
Kuzicus (Macroteraturus)'' before being placed in this genus in 2020;
[Jin X, Liu X-W, Hanqiang Wang (2020) ''Zootaxa'' 4772(1): 42.] records are from China and Vietnam (but the known distribution may be incomplete).
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Species
The ''Orthoptera Species File'' lists the following species:[Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 22 August 2022)]
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;subgenus ''Macroteratura'' Gorochov, 1993
# '' Macroteratura inospina'' Chen, Cui & Chang, 2020
# '' Macroteratura megafurcula'' (Tinkham, 1944)
- type species (as '' Xiphidiopsis megafurcula'' Tinkham); locality: Maan Chi Shan, Guangdong
) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...
, SE China
# '' Macroteratura sinica'' (Bey-Bienko, 1957)
# '' Macroteratura thrinaca'' (Qiu & Shi, 2010)
;subgenus ''Stenoteratura'' Gorochov, 1993
# '' Macroteratura bhutanica'' (Ingrisch, 2002)
# '' Macroteratura janetscheki'' (Bey-Bienko, 1968)
# '' Macroteratura kryzhanovskii'' (Bey-Bienko, 1957)
# '' Macroteratura twinsloba'' Liu, 2020
# '' Macroteratura yunnanea'' (Bey-Bienko, 1957)
References
External links
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Tettigoniidae genera
Meconematinae
Orthoptera of Indo-China