Ruspolia

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Ruspolia
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Ruspolia nitidula
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Tribe: Copiphorini
Genus: Ruspolia
Schulthess Schindler, 1898

Ruspolia [1] is a genus of bush crickets in the subfamily Conocephalinae. This genus includes species that may be called 'cone-heads', but the name has also been used for Conocephalus and other genera in the subfamily.

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Distribution

The genus has a widespread distribution with species found in most continents (except N. America and Antarctica). [2]

Species

The Orthoptera species file lists:

  1. Ruspolia abruptus Walker, 1869
  2. Ruspolia ampla Walker, 1869
  3. Ruspolia aostae Karny, 1920
  4. Ruspolia baileyi Otte, 1997
  5. Ruspolia basiguttata Bolívar, 1906
  6. Ruspolia brachixipha Redtenbacher, 1891
  7. Ruspolia breviceps Walker, 1870
  8. Ruspolia consobrina Walker, 1869
  9. Ruspolia differens Serville, 1838
  10. Ruspolia diversa Walker, 1869
  11. Ruspolia dubia Redtenbacher, 1891
  12. Ruspolia egregius Karny, 1907
  13. Ruspolia exigua Bolívar, 1922
  14. Ruspolia flavovirens Karny, 1907
  15. Ruspolia fuscopunctata Karny, 1907
  16. Ruspolia halmaherae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1898
  17. Ruspolia indicator Walker, 1869
  18. Ruspolia insularis Walker, 1869
  19. Ruspolia intactus Walker, 1869
  20. Ruspolia interruptus Walker, 1869
  21. Ruspolia jaegeri Roy, 1971
  22. Ruspolia kashmira Shah, Usmani, Ali & Dar, 2021
  23. Ruspolia knipperiOtte, 1996 - nomen dubium
  24. Ruspolia latiarma Bailey, 1975
  25. Ruspolia lemairei Griffini, 1909
  26. Ruspolia liangshanensis Lian & Liu, 1992
  27. Ruspolia lineosa Walker, 1869
  28. Ruspolia macroxiphus Redtenbacher, 1891
  29. Ruspolia madagassa Redtenbacher, 1891
  30. Ruspolia marshallae Bailey, 1980
  31. Ruspolia nitidula Scopoli, 1786
  32. Ruspolia paraplesia Karny, 1907
  33. Ruspolia persimilis Griffini, 1909
  34. Ruspolia praeligata Bolívar, 1922
  35. Ruspolia pulchella Karny, 1907
  36. Ruspolia punctipennis Chopard, 1954
  37. Ruspolia pygmaea Schulthess Schindler, 1898 - type species
  38. Ruspolia pyrgocorypha Karny, 1920
  39. Ruspolia ruthae Bailey, 1975
  40. Ruspolia sarae Bailey, 1975
  41. Ruspolia subampla Bailey, 1975
  42. Ruspolia yunnana Lian & Liu, 1992

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References

  1. Schulthess (1898) Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova 39: 207.
  2. "Genus Ruspolia Schulthess, 1898: Orthoptera Species File". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. 3 January 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2018.