Diestrammena Explained

Diestrammena is a 'camel' or 'cave-cricket' genus in the family Rhaphidophoridae. Species in the genus are native to Asia, including Japan.

Note: this genus should not be confused with the similarly-named Diestramima which also belongs to the subfamily Aemodogryllinae.

Species

The Orthoptera Species File^[1] includes two subgenera and lists:
subgenus Aemodogryllus Adelung, 1902 - Japan

• Diestrammena brunneri Adelung, 1902
• Diestrammena davidi Sugimoto & Ichikawa, 2003
• Diestrammena elegantissima Griffini, 1912
• Diestrammena goliath Bey-Bienko, 1929
• Diestrammena hisanorum Sugimoto & Ichikawa, 2003
• Diestrammena itodo Sugimoto & Ichikawa, 2003
• Diestrammena nicolai Gorochov, 2002
• Diestrammena robusta Ander, 1932
• Diestrammena taniusagi Sugimoto & Ichikawa, 2003
• Diestrammena taramensis Sugimoto & Ichikawa, 2003
• Diestrammena tsushimensis Storozhenko, 1990
• Diestrammena yakumontana Sugimoto & Ichikawa, 2003

subgenus Diestrammena Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888 - China, Japan, Indo-China and Sulawesi

• Diestrammena annandalel Griffini, 1915
• Diestrammena gigas Sugimoto & Ichikawa, 2003
• Diestrammena griffinii Chopard, 1916
• Diestrammena heinrichi Ramme, 1943
• Diestrammena indica Chopard, 1921
• Diestrammena inexpectata Sugimoto & Ichikawa, 2003
• Diestrammena ingens Karny, 1915
• Diestrammena iriomotensis Gorochov, 2002
• Diestrammena japanica Blatchley, 1920 - type species (as Locusta marmorata Haan)
• Diestrammena kurilensis Storozhenko, 1990
• Diestrammena palliceps Walker, 1869
• Diestrammena unicolor Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888

Now placed in Tachycines or superseded:

• Diestrammena asynamora Adelung, 1902
• Diestrammena bifurcata Gorochov, 2010
• Diestrammena caudata Gorochov, Rampini & di Russo, 2006
• Diestrammena crenata di Russo & Rampini, 2005^[2]
• Diestrammena ferecaeca Gorochov, Rampini & di Russo, 2006^[2]
• Diestrammena improvisa Gorochov, 2010
• Diestrammena kabaki Gorochov, 2010
• Diestrammena omninocaeca Gorochov, Rampini & di Russo, 2006^[2]
• Diestrammena ovalilobata Gorochov, 2010
• Diestrammena semicrenata Gorochov, Rampini & di Russo, 2006^[2]
• Diestrammena solida Gorochov, Rampini & di Russo, 2006^[2]
• Diestrammena tonkinensis Chopard, 1929

Notes and References

1. http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1129701 Orthoptera Species File (version 5.0: retrieved 21 May 2019)
2. Gorochov, A. V., et al. (2006). New species of the genus Diestrammena (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae: Aemodogryllinae) from caves of China. Russian Entomol J 15(4) 355-60.