Ancistrura Explained

Ancistrura is a monotypic genus of European bush crickets in the subfamily Phaneropterinae and tribe Barbitistini, erected by Boris Uvarov in 1921.[1]

Species

The Orthoptera Species File[2] includes the single species Ancistrura nigrovittata (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878), which is found in the Balkans and Greece; it was originally placed in the genus Barbitistes.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Uvarov BP (1921) Descriptions of four new Orthoptera from Macedonia. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 33, 155–159.
  2. http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1137712 Orthoptera Species File: genus Ancistrura Uvarov, 1921 (retrieved 22 June 2023)
  3. Brunner von Wattenwyl C (1878) Monographie der Phaneropteriden K. K. Zoologisch-Botanische Gesellschaft in Wien, Wien. 1-401, pl. 1-8. Available from biodiversitylibrary.org.

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