Tamdaotettix Explained

Tamdaotettix is a genus of cave or camel crickets in the subfamily Aemodogryllinae and tribe Diestramimini. Originating in Asia, species have been found in the Indo-China region.

The first species to be found, Tamdaotettix vinhphuensis, was placed in the similar genus Atachycines by A.V. Gorochov,^[1] based on specimens found in Tam Dao National Park in the Vinh Phu Province of Vietnam.

Species

The Orthoptera Species File^[2] lists:

subgenus Laotettix

1. Tamdaotettix curvatus
2. Tamdaotettix gracilus
3. Tamdaotettix inflatus
4. Tamdaotettix minutus
5. Tamdaotettix sympatricus
6. Tamdaotettix tarasovi
7. Tamdaotettix truncatus

subgenus Tamdaotettix

1. Tamdaotettix aculeatus
2. Tamdaotettix ailaoshanicus
3. Tamdaotettix dilutus - type species
4. Tamdaotettix flexus
5. Tamdaotettix laocai
6. Tamdaotettix longituberus
7. Tamdaotettix minipullus
8. Tamdaotettix pullus
9. Tamdaotettix semipullus
10. Tamdaotettix tridenticulatus
11. Tamdaotettix vinhphuensis

subgenus not determined

1. Tamdaotettix robustus

Notes and References

1. Gorochov AV (1992) In Gorochov & Storozhenko. On the fauna of the subfamily Aemodogryllinae (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae) in Vietnam. In Gorochov & Belokobylskij [Ed.]. News of Systematics and Faunistics of Vietnam Insects Part 3. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences 245: 33.
2. http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1129609 Orthoptera Species File (version 5.0: retrieved 2 April 2024)