Letana

Letana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Ensifera
Superfamily:	Tettigonioidea
Family:	Tettigoniidae
Subfamily:	Phaneropterinae
Tribe:	Letanini
Genus:	Letana Walker, 1869 [1]
Synonyms
Pyrrhicia Stål, 1873 Pyrrhizia Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891

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Letana is a genus of bush cricket, characteristic of the tribe Letanini and placed in the subfamily Phaneropterinae. Species can be found in Asia, particularly in India, China and Indochina. ^[2]

Species

The Orthoptera Species File ^[2] lists:

1. Letana atomifera (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878)
2. Letana bilobata Ingrisch, 1990
3. Letana brachyptera Ingrisch, 1987
4. Letana brevicaudata (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893)
5. Letana bulbosa Ingrisch, 1990
6. Letana dentata Nagar & Swaminathan, 2015
7. Letana despecta (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878)
8. Letana digitata Ingrisch, 1990
9. Letana emanueli Ingrisch, 1990
10. Letana ganesha Ingrisch & Garai, 2001
11. Letana gracilis Ingrisch, 1990
12. Letana grandis Liu & Xia, 1992
13. Letana hemelytra Liu, 2014
14. Letana inflata (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878)
15. Letana infurcata Ingrisch, 1990
16. Letana intermedia Ingrisch, 1990
17. Letana linearis Walker, 1869 - type species
18. Letana magna Ingrisch, 1990
19. Letana megastridula Ingrisch, 1990
20. Letana mursinga Ingrisch & Shishodia, 2000
21. Letana navasi (Bolívar, 1914)
22. Letana nigropoda Ingrisch, 1987
23. Letana nigrosparsa (Walker, 1871)
24. Letana pyrifera Bey-Bienko, 1956
25. Letana recticercis Chopard, 1966
26. Letana rubescens (Stål, 1861)
27. Letana rufonotata (Serville, 1838)
28. Letana serricauda Ingrisch, 1990
29. Letana sinumarginis Liu & Xia, 1992

References

1. Walker F (1869) Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum 2:277.
2. Orthoptera Species File: Letana Walker, 1869 (retrieved 31 March 2023)

External links

• Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2011). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
• Flickr: Len Worthington Letana rubescens (Stål, 1861) male
• Letana image in Farangs gone wild: Tettigonioidea of Thailand Archived 2018-01-14 at the Wayback Machine