Scaphura

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Scaphura
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Scaphura nigra
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Phaneropterinae
Genus: Scaphura
Kirby, 1825 [1]

Scaphura is a Neotropical genus of bush crickets in the subfamily Phaneropterinae. Some of the species within Scaphura are Batesian mimics of wasps, [2] for example the type species, Scaphura nigra, [1] is a polymorphic Batesian mimic of wasps of the genus Pepsis and Entypus (Pompilidae) and the potter wasps Polistes (Vespidae). [3] The genus is restricted to South America. [1] Another genus of Neotropical phaneropterine bush crickets, Aganacris , also are Batesian mimics of wasps. [4]

Species

The following species are included on Scaphura: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "genus Scaphura Kirby, 1825". Eades, D.C.; D. Otte; M.M. Cigliano & H. Braun. Orthoptera Species File. Version 5.0/5.0. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  2. Herrel, Anthony; Speck, Thomas (2006). Ecology and Biomechanics: A Mechanical Approach to the Ecology of Animals and Plants. CRC Press. ISBN   0849332095.
  3. Mesa, Alejo; Fontanetti, Carmen Silvia; Ferreira, Amilton (2010). "The chromosomes and the sex determining mechanism of Scaphura nigra (Orthoptera, Ensifera, Tettigoniidae, Phaneropterinae)". Journal of Orthoptera Research. 19 (2): 239–242.
  4. ter Hofstede, H.; et al. (2017). "Revisiting adaptations of Neotropical katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) to gleaning bat predation". Neotrop Biodivers. 3 (1): 41–49. doi:10.1080/23766808.2016.1272314. PMC   5312797 .