Poecilopsyra

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Poecilopsyra
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Phaneropterinae
Tribe: Holochlorini
Genus: Poecilopsyra
Dohrn, 1892
Species:
P. octoseriata
Binomial name
Poecilopsyra octoseriata
(Haan, 1843)
Synonyms

Locusta (Phaneroptera) octoseriataHaan, 1843 [1]

Poecilopsyra [2] is a monotypic genus of katydids or bush crickets native to Malesia. [3] The single (type) species, Poecilopsyra octoseriata, was originally taken from Borneo. [4]

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References

  1. Haan (1843) Temminck [Ed.] Verhandelingen over de Natuurlijke Geschiedenis der Nederlansche Overzeesche Bezittingen 19/20:191, 195.
  2. Dohrn. 1892. Stett. Entomol. Z. 53: 69.
  3. Cigliano, M. M.; Braun, H.; Eades, D. C.; Otte, D. "species Poecilopsyra Dohrn, 1892". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Orthoptera Species File. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  4. Cigliano, M. M.; Braun, H.; Eades, D. C.; Otte, D. "species Poecilopsyra octoseriata (Haan, 1843)". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Orthoptera Species File. Retrieved 17 August 2020.