Tylopsis

Tylopsis
Lily-leaf sickle- insect ( Tylopsis lilifolia )
Systematics
Order : Grasshoppers (Orthoptera) Subordination : Long- probe horror (Ensifera) Superfamily : Tree locusts (Tettigonioidea) Family : Tettigoniidae Subfamily : Phaneropterinae Genre : Tylopsis
Scientific name
Tylopsis
Fever , 1853

Tylopsis is agenus of locusts from the subfamily of sickle hornets (Phaneropterinae).

features

The paranota (the laterally drawn down lobes of the pronotum ) are longer than high and form an angle with the flat upper side (the discus). The well-developed pairs of wings are parapter (that is, the hind wings are in rest position over the forewings). The front hips have a thorn. The eyes are long oval shaped. The links of the antennae are long. The antennae are about three to five times as long as the body. The abdomen is keeled dorsally. In the middle, the rear edge of the terga protrudes like a tooth.

Occurrence

The distribution area of ​​the genus includes Africa, southern Europe and western Asia.

Systematics

The genus includes the following 14 species, one species ( Tylopsis lilifolia ) is represented in Europe:

• Tylopsis ampla Ragge, 1964
• Tylopsis bilineolata (Serville, 1838)
• Tylopsis brevis Ragge, 1964
• Tylopsis coi Jannone, 1936
• Tylopsis continua (Walker, 1869)
• Tylopsis dispar Sjöstedt, 1910
• Tylopsis farrowi Ragge, 1972
• Tylopsis fissa Ragge, 1964
• Tylopsis gracilis Chopard, 1954
• Tylopsis irregularis Karsch, 1893
• Tylopsis lilifolia (Fabricius, 1793)
• Tylopsis peneri Ragge, 1974
• Tylopsis punctulata Kirby, 1900
• Tylopsis rubrescens Kirby, 1900

supporting documents

literature

• Kurt Harz: The orthopterists of Europe . Volume 1, Dr. W. Junk NV, The Hague 1969.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ tylopsis at Fauna Europaea. Retrieved September 14, 2011
2. ↑ tylopsis at Orthoptera Species File Online , accessed 25 August 2011

Web links

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