Aancistroger Explained

Aancistroger[1] is a genus of Orthopterans, sometimes known as 'leaf-folding crickets' in the newly erected subfamily Hyperbaeninae and tribe Phryganogryllacridini.[2] A key to the species is given by Bian, Jing Liu & Zizhong Yang,[3] with a recorded distribution from China and Indochina.[4]

Note this genus name should not be confused with Anancistrogera in the tribe Gryllacridini.

Species

The Orthoptera Species File[4] lists:

  1. Aancistroger elbenioides (Karny, 1926)
  2. Aancistroger inarmatus Ingrisch, 2018
  3. Aancistroger primitivus Gorochov, 2005
  4. Aancistroger similis Gorochov, 2008
  5. Aancistroger sinicus Bey-Bienko, 1957 - type species
  6. Aancistroger vietus Gorochov, 2004

Notes and References

  1. Bey-Bienko (1957) Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 36: 404.
  2. Cadena-CastaƱeda (2019) Zootaxa 4605(1): 89
  3. Bian, Jing Liu, Zizhong Yang (2021) Zootaxa 4969(2): 236.
  4. http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1130836 Orthoptera Species File (version 5.0: retrieved 16 July 2022)