Clonia (bush cricket)

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Clonia
Predatory Katydid (Clonia sp.) (6042174342).jpg
Clonia sp., South of Olifants, Kruger NP, South Africa
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Domain: Eukaryota
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.

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Species

The Orthoptera species file lists:

subgenus Clonia Stål, 1855
subgenus Hemiclonia Kirby, 1906
subgenus Leptoclonia Kaltenbach, 1971
subgenus Xanthoclonia Kaltenbach, 1971

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References

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