''Xabea'' is a genus of

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 Oecanthinae and

tribe The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide use of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. The definition is contested, in part due to conflict ...

Xabeini. Species can be found in

Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Mainland Au ...

and

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

Description

The original paper states that the male has: "Body smooth, shining, very slender. Head fusiform, much elongated, rather shorter than the

prothorax The prothorax is the foremost of the three segments in the thorax of an insect, and bears the first pair of legs. Its principal sclerites (exoskeletal plates) are the pronotum (dorsal), the prosternum ( ventral), and the propleuron (lateral) on ...

and broader than the fore part of the latter. Eyes elongated, rather small, slightly prominent.

Palp Pedipalps (commonly shortened to palps or palpi) are the secondary pair of forward appendages among chelicerates – a group of arthropods including spiders, scorpions, horseshoe crabs, and sea spiders. The pedipalps are lateral to the chelicera ...

i slender, filiform; third joint much longer than the second. Antenna; very slender. Prothorax very long, attenuated in front, slightly gibbous near its hind border; sides straight. Cerci less than half the length of the abdomen. Legs very slender, very minutely pubescent; hind femora not inciassated; hind tibiae unarmed; tarsi three-jointed; second joint extremely short; third nearly half the length of the first; claws very small. Fine wings very broad, extending much beyond the abdomen, not reticulated; tympanum very large. Hind wings extending much beyond the fore wings."

Species

''Xabea'' includes the following species: *'' Xabea atalaia'' Otte & Alexander, 1983 *'' Xabea decora'' Walker, 1869 - type species *'' Xabea elderra'' Otte & Alexander, 1983 *'' Xabea furcata'' Chopard, 1927 *'' Xabea inermis'' Chopard, 1930 *'' Xabea latipennis'' Chopard, 1969 *'' Xabea leai'' Chopard, 1951 *'' Xabea levissima'' Gorochov, 1992 *'' Xabea maculata'' Chopard, 1930 *'' Xabea podoscirtoides'' Chopard, 1951 *'' Xabea recticercis'' Chopard, 1969 *'' Xabea tumbarumba'' Otte & Alexander, 1983 *'' Xabea wyebo'' Otte & Alexander, 1983 *'' Xabea zonata'' Chopard, 1969

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* {{taxonbar, from=Q10720823 Ensifera genera crickets Orthoptera of Asia