Rhaphidophora (insect)

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Rhaphidophora
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Rhaphidophoridae
Tribe: Rhaphidophorini
Genus: Rhaphidophora
Serville, 1838 [1]
Type species
Rhaphidophora picea
Serville, 1838
Synonyms
  • RaphidophoraScudder, 1861
  • RhadiphoraLucas, 1857
  • RhaphidophorusHaan, 1843

Rhaphidophora is the type genus of camel crickets in the tribe Rhaphidophorini. [2]

Contents

The genus comprises over 100 species which can be found in India, China, Japan, Indo-China, Malesia, and Australasia. [2]

Species

As of December 2018, the following species are accepted: [2]

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References

  1. Serville (1838[1839]) Histoire naturelle des insectes. Orthoptères 389
  2. 1 2 3 Cigliano, M. M.; Braun, H.; Eades, D. C.; Otte, D. "genus Rhaphidophora Serville, 1838". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Orthoptera Species File. Retrieved 26 December 2018.