Oecanthus
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Female wine chicken ( Oecanthus pellucens ) |
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| Serville , 1831 |
Oecanthus is agenus of locusts from the subfamily of the flower crickets (Oecanthinae).
features
Oecanthus species are brightly colored and very delicate. Her head is half prognathic and has no ocelli . The pronotum is longer than it is wide and narrows slightly towards the front. The metanotum of the males has a large glandular pit. The males are parapter to mesopter , the females are parapter. The abdomen is narrow. The straight ovipositor is toothed, dark and widened at the apex.
Occurrence
The distribution area of the genus includes central, eastern and southern Europe, northern Africa to south of the Sahara and western and central Asia.
Systematics
The genus includes the following 62 species:
- Species group nigricornis group
- Oecanthus argentinus Saussure , 1874
- Oecanthus celerinictus Walker , 1963
- Oecanthus laricis Walker , 1963
- Oecanthus nigricornis Walker , 1869
- Oecanthus pini Beutenmüller , 1894
- Oecanthus quadripunctatus Beutenmüller , 1894
- Species group niveus group
- Oecanthus exclamationis Davis , 1907
- Oecanthus leptogrammus Walker , 1962
- Oecanthus niveus ( De Geer , 1773)
- Species group rileyi group
- Oecanthus alexanderi Walker , 2010
- Oecanthus allardi Walker & Gurney , 1960
- Oecanthus fultoni Walker , 1962
- Oecanthus rileyi Baker , 1905
- Species group varicornis group
- Oecanthus californicus Saussure , 1874
- Oecanthus latipennis Riley , 1881
- Oecanthus varicornis Walker , 1869
not assigned to any species group:
- Oecanthus adyeri Otte & Alexander , 1983
- Oecanthus angustus Chopard , 1925
- Oecanthus antennalis Liu, Yin & Hsia , 1994
- Oecanthus bilineatus Chopard & Chatterjee , 1937
- Oecanthus brevicauda Saussure , 1878
- Oecanthus burmeisteri Saussure , 1877
- Oecanthus capensis Saussure , 1877
- Oecanthus chopardi Uvarov , 1957
- Oecanthus comma Walker , 1967
- Oecanthus comptulus Karsch , 1893
- Oecanthus decorsei Chopard , 1932
- Oecanthus dissimilis Toms & Otte , 1988
- Oecanthus dulcisonans Gorochov , 1993
- Oecanthus euryelytra Ichikawa , 2001
- Oecanthus filiger Walker , 1871
- Oecanthus forbesi Titus , 1903
- Oecanthus galpini Toms & Otte , 1988
- Oecanthus henryi Chopard , 1936
- Oecanthus immaculatus Bruner , 1906
- Oecanthus indicus Saussure , 1878
- Oecanthus jamaicensis Walker , 1969
- Oecanthus karschi Chopard , 1932
- Oecanthus lineolatus Saussure , 1897
- Oecanthus longicauda Matsumura , 1904
- Oecanthus macer Karsch , 1893
- Oecanthus major Walker , 1967
- Oecanthus minutus Saussure , 1877
- Oecanthus nanus Walker , 1967
- Oecanthus neofiliger Toms & Otte , 1988
- Oecanthus neosimilis Toms & Otte , 1988
- Oecanthus pellucens ( Scopoli , 1763)
- Oecanthus peruvianus Walker , 1869
- Oecanthus pictipes Rehn , 1917
- Oecanthus prolatus Walker , 1967
- Oecanthus pseudosimilis Otte , 1988
- Oecanthus rectinervis Chopard , 1932
- Oecanthus rufescens Serville , 1838
- Oecanthus rufopictus Chopard , 1932
- Oecanthus similator Ichikawa , 2001
- Oecanthus similis Chopard , 1932
- Oecanthus sinensis Walker , 1869
- Oecanthus socians Otte , 1988
- Oecanthus sycomorus Toms & Otte , 1988
- Oecanthus tenuis Walker , 1869
- Oecanthus turanicus Uvarov , 1912
- Oecanthus zhengi Xie , 2003
gallery
supporting documents
literature
- Kurt Harz: The orthopterists of Europe . Volume 1, Dr. W. Junk NV, The Hague 1969.
Individual evidence
- ^ Oecanthus at Orthoptera Species File Online , accessed August 25, 2011
