''Scaphura'' is a
Neotropical
The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone.
Definition
In biogeogra ...
genus of
bush crickets in the subfamily
Phaneropterinae
The Phaneropterinae, the sickle-bearing bush crickets or leaf katydids, are a subfamily of insects within the family Tettigoniidae. They are also known as false katydids or round-headed katydids.
The name Phaneropterinae is based upon the Old W ...
. Some of the species within ''Scaphura'' are
Batesian mimics of wasps,
for example the
type species
In International_Code_of_Zoological_Nomenclature, zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the spe ...
, ''Scaphura nigra'',
is a
polymorphic Batesian mimic of wasps of the genus ''
Pepsis
''Pepsis'' (from Ancient Greek πέψι lit. ''pepsis'' meaning 'digestion, cooking') is a genus of spider wasps belonging to the family Spider wasp, Pompilidae. Species within this genus are also called tarantula hawks, as they usually hunt t ...
'' and ''
Entypus'' (
Pompilidae
Wasps in the family Pompilidae are commonly called spider wasps, spider-hunting wasps, or pompilid wasps. The family is cosmopolitan, with some 5,000 species in six subfamilies. Nearly all species are solitary (with the exception of some group-ne ...
) and the potter wasps ''
Polistes
''Polistes'' is a cosmopolitan genus of paper wasps and the only genus in the tribe Polistini. Vernacular names for the genus include umbrella wasps, coined by Walter Ebeling in 1975 to distinguish it from other types of paper wasp, in refer ...
'' (
Vespidae
The Vespidae are a large (nearly 5000 species), diverse, cosmopolitan family of wasps, including nearly all the known eusocial wasps (such as '' Polistes fuscatus'', '' Vespa orientalis'', and ''Vespula germanica'') and many solitary wasps. Eac ...
).
The genus is restricted to South America.
Another genus of Neotropical phaneropterine bush crickets, ''
Aganacris'', also are Batesian mimics of wasps.
Species
The following species are included on ''Scaphura'':
*''
Scaphura argentina
''Scaphura'' is a Neotropical genus of Tettigoniidae, bush crickets in the subfamily Phaneropterinae. Some of the species within ''Scaphura'' are Batesian mimicry, Batesian mimics of wasps, for example the type species, ''Scaphura nigra'', is a P ...
''
(Hebard, 1931)
*''
Scaphura conspurcata
''Scaphura'' is a Neotropical genus of bush crickets in the subfamily Phaneropterinae. Some of the species within ''Scaphura'' are Batesian mimics of wasps, for example the type species, ''Scaphura nigra'', is a polymorphic Batesian mimic of w ...
''
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
*''
Scaphura denuda''
Guérin-Méneville & Percheron, 1836
*''
Scaphura edwardsii''
Westwood, 1828
*''
Scaphura elegans
''Scaphura'' is a Neotropical genus of bush crickets in the subfamily Phaneropterinae. Some of the species within ''Scaphura'' are Batesian mimics of wasps, for example the type species, ''Scaphura nigra'', is a polymorphic Batesian mimic of w ...
''
(Serville, 1838)
*''
Scaphura fasciata
''Scaphura'' is a Neotropical genus of bush crickets in the subfamily Phaneropterinae. Some of the species within ''Scaphura'' are Batesian mimics of wasps, for example the type species, ''Scaphura nigra'', is a polymorphic Batesian mimic of w ...
''
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
*''
Scaphura infuscata
''Scaphura'' is a Neotropical genus of bush crickets in the subfamily Phaneropterinae. Some of the species within ''Scaphura'' are Batesian mimics of wasps, for example the type species, ''Scaphura nigra'', is a polymorphic Batesian mimic of w ...
''
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
*''
Scaphura lefebvrei
''Scaphura'' is a Neotropical genus of bush crickets in the subfamily Phaneropterinae. Some of the species within ''Scaphura'' are Batesian mimics of wasps, for example the type species, ''Scaphura nigra'', is a polymorphic Batesian mimic of w ...
''
(Brullé, 1835)
*''
Scaphura marginata
''Scaphura'' is a Neotropical genus of bush crickets in the subfamily Phaneropterinae. Some of the species within ''Scaphura'' are Batesian mimics of wasps, for example the type species, ''Scaphura nigra'', is a polymorphic Batesian mimic of w ...
''
(Walker, 1869)
*''
Scaphura nigra
''Scaphura'' is a Neotropical genus of bush crickets in the subfamily Phaneropterinae. Some of the species within ''Scaphura'' are Batesian mimics of wasps, for example the type species, ''Scaphura nigra'', is a polymorphic Batesian mimic of w ...
''
(Thunberg, 1824)
*''
Scaphura obscurata
''Scaphura'' is a Neotropical genus of bush crickets in the subfamily Phaneropterinae. Some of the species within ''Scaphura'' are Batesian mimics of wasps, for example the type species, ''Scaphura nigra'', is a polymorphic Batesian mimic of w ...
''
(Stoll, 1813)
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q10662668
Tettigoniidae genera
Taxa named by William Kirby (entomologist)
Phaneropterinae