Listroscelidinae Explained

The Listroscelidinae are a subfamily of the Tettigoniidae found in the Americas, Madagascar, and Australia. The genus Arachnoscelis has become better known to the public after being featured on the cover of Science in 2012. [1]

Tribes and genera

The Orthoptera Species File lists the following tribes and genera:[2]

ConocephalomiminiAuthority: Rentz, 2001; distribution: Australia
  1. Conocephalomima Rentz, 2001
HamayuliniAuthority: Fialho, Chamorro-Rengifo & Lopes-Andrade, 2014; distribution: S. America
  1. Hamayulus

Listroscelidini

Authority: Redtenbacher, 1891; distribution: S. America

  1. Carliella Karny, 1911
  2. Cerberodon Perty, 1832
  3. Isocarliella Mello-Leitão, 1940
  4. Listroscelis Serville, 1831
  5. Macrometopon Bruner, 1915
  6. Monocerophora Walker, 1869
  7. Venatorellus Mendes, Chamorro-Rengifo & Rafael, 2016

Requenini

Authority: Rentz, 2001; distribution: Australia

  1. Requena Walker, 1869
  2. Thumelinia Rentz, 2001
  3. Xingbaoia Rentz, 2001

Terpandrini

Authority: Gorochov, 1990; distribution: Americas, Australia

  1. Burnuia Rentz, 2001
  2. Chlorobalius Tepper, 1896
  3. Megatympanon Piza, 1958
  4. Neobarrettia Rehn, 1901
  5. Terpandrus Stål, 1874
  6. Yullandria Rentz, 2001
  7. Yutjuwalia Rentz, 2001

Tribe not determined

Notes and References

  1. Basset, Y., Cizek, L., Cuénoud, P., Didham, R.K., Guilhaumon, F., Missa, O., Novotny, V., Ødegaard, F., Roslin, T., Schmidl, J., Tishechkin, A.K., Winchester, N.N., Roubik,D.W., Aberlenc, H.-P., Bail, J., Barrios, H., Bridle, J.R., Castaño-Meneses, G., Corbara, B., Curletti, G., Duarte da Rocha, W., De Bakker,D., Delabie, J.H.C., Dejean, A., Fagan, L.L., Floren, A., Kitching, R.L., Medianero, E., Miller, S.E., de Oliveira, E.G., Orivel, J., Pollet, M., Rapp, M., Ribeiro, S.P., Roisin, Y., Schmidt, J.B., Sørensen, L., & Leponce, M. (2012). Arthropod diversity in a tropical forest. Science, 338: 1481-1484.
  2. http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1143177 Orthoptera species file (retrieved 19 July 2024)