''Metiochodes''
[Chopard L (1932) ''Ark. Zool.'' 23 A(9): 13.] is an Asian genus of "sword-tail
crickets
Crickets are orthopteran insects which are related to bush crickets and more distantly, to grasshoppers. In older literature, such as Imms,Imms AD, rev. Richards OW & Davies RG (1970) ''A General Textbook of Entomology'' 9th Ed. Methuen 886 ...
", in the subfamily
Trigonidiinae
Trigonidiinae is a subfamily of insects in the order Orthoptera, suborder Ensifera, based on the type genus '' Trigonidium''. They are often referred to as sword-tail crickets, winged bush crickets or trigs.
Tribes and genera
The ''Orthoptera S ...
and the
tribe
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Trigonidiini.
[Orthoptera Species File (version 5.0: retrieved 20 August 2020)]
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Species
''Metiochodes'' species are recorded from: Angola, Sri Lanka, the Andaman islands, southern China, Vietnam, Malesia
Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the Equator and the boundaries of the Indomalayan and Australasian realms. It is a phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical kingdom. It was first recognized as a distinct region ...
and Australia (distribution is probably incomplete). The ''Orthoptera Species File''[ lists:
*'' Metiochodes acutiparamerus'' Li, He & Liu, 2010
*'' Metiochodes annulicercis'' Chopard, 1962
*'' Metiochodes australicus'' Chopard, 1951
*'' Metiochodes denticulatus'' Liu & Shi, 2011
*'' Metiochodes flavescens'' Chopard, 1932 - type species
*'' Metiochodes fulvus'' Chopard, 1940
*'' Metiochodes gracilus'' Ma & Pan, 2019
*'' Metiochodes greeni'' Chopard, 1925
*'' Metiochodes karnyi'' Chopard, 1930
*'' Metiochodes minor'' Li, He & Liu, 2010
*'' Metiochodes ornatus'' Chopard, 1969
*'' Metiochodes platycephalus'' Chopard, 1940
*'' Metiochodes sikkimensis'' Bhowmik, 1968
*'' Metiochodes striatus'' Bhowmik, 1970
*'' Metiochodes thankolomara'' Otte & Alexander, 1983
*'' Metiochodes tibeticus'' Li, He & Liu, 2010
*'' Metiochodes tindalei'' Chopard, 1951
*'' Metiochodes trilineatus'' Chopard, 1936
*'' Metiochodes truncatus'' Li, He & Liu, 2010
]
References
External links
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Ensifera genera
Trigonidiidae
Orthoptera of Asia