Clonia (bush cricket)

Clonia
Clonia sp., South of Olifants, Kruger NP, South Africa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Tettigoniidae
Subfamily:	Saginae
Genus:	Clonia Stål, 1855 [1]
Type species
Clonia wahlbergi Stål, 1855

Clonia is an African genus of bush crickets in the subfamily Saginae. They are predatory insects which prey on other smaller insects.

Species

The Orthoptera species file lists:

subgenus Clonia Stål, 1855

• Clonia angolana Kaltenbach, 1971
• Clonia burri Uvarov, 1942
• Clonia caudata Uvarov, 1942
• Clonia dewittei Kaltenbach, 1971
• Clonia jagoi Kaltenbach, 1971
• Clonia kalahariensis Kaltenbach, 1971
• Clonia kenyana Uvarov, 1942
• Clonia multispina Uvarov, 1942
• Clonia saussurei Kaltenbach, 1971
• Clonia uvarovi Kaltenbach, 1971
• Clonia wahlbergi Stål, 1855 - type species
• Clonia zernyi Kaltenbach, 1971

subgenus Hemiclonia Kirby, 1906

• Clonia assimilis Kaltenbach, 1971
• Clonia charpentieri Kaltenbach, 1971
• Clonia ignota Kaltenbach, 1981
• Clonia lalandei Saussure, 1888
• Clonia melanoptera (Linnaeus, 1758)

subgenus Leptoclonia Kaltenbach, 1971

• Clonia minuta (Haan, 1843)
• Clonia vansoni Kaltenbach, 1971
• Clonia vittata (Thunberg, 1789)

subgenus Xanthoclonia Kaltenbach, 1971

• Clonia tessellata Saussure, 1888

References

1. Stål, C. 1855. Entomologiska Notiser. Ofversigt af Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, volume 12, pages 343-353

External links

• Media related to Clonia at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Clonia at Wikispecies
• Clonia at insectoid.info