Lipotactinae

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Lipotactinae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Lipotactinae
Ingrisch, 1995
Synonyms

Lipotactini Ingrisch, 1995

The Lipotactinae [1] is a small subfamily of Asian bush crickets or katydids; it was originally included with the "Meconematidae".

Contents

The two genera can be found in southern China, Indo-China, and Malesia.

Genera

The Orthoptera species file includes: [2]

  1. Eomortoniellus Zeuner, 1936
  2. Lipotactes Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1898 (China, Indo-China, Malesia)

Note: the previous genus MortoniellusGriffini, 1909 from Malesia, is now a subgenus of Lipotactes .

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References

  1. Ingrisch S (1995) Entomologica Scandinavica 26(3): 277.
  2. Orthoptera species file (retrieved 2 June 2021)