Biology:Gigantettix

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Short description: Genus of cricket-like animals

Gigantettix
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Rhaphidophoridae
Tribe: Diestramimini
Genus: Gigantettix
Gorochov, 1998

Gigantettix[1] is a genus of camel crickets in the subfamily Aemodogryllinae and tribe Diestramimini. The type species, from Vietnam, was originally assigned to the genus Diestramima (D. gigantea Gorochov); subsequently, other species have been found in the Indo-China region.

Species

The Orthoptera Species File[2] lists:

  • Gigantettix gigantea (Gorochov, 1992) – type species
  • Gigantettix laosensis Gorochov & Storozhenko, 2015
  • Gigantettix longipes (Rehn, 1906)
  • Gigantettix maximus Gorochov, 1998
  • Gigantettix minusculus Gorochov, 1998
  • Gigantettix sapaensis Gorochov, 2002

References

  1. Gorochov AV (1998) Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 77(1): 94.
  2. Orthoptera Species File (version 5.0: retrieved 22 December 2018)

Wikidata ☰ Q10504829 entry