Biology:Clonia melanoptera

Short description: Species of cricket-like animal

Clonia melanoptera
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Tettigoniidae
Genus:	Clonia
Subgenus:	Hemiclonia
Species:	C. melanoptera
Binomial name
Clonia melanoptera (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Clonia elegans (Blanchard, C.E., 1840) Conocephalus spinigerus Thunberg, 1815 Gryllus azurea Stoll, C., 1813 Gryllus melanopterus Linnaeus, 1758 Saga elegans Blanchard, E. 1840

Clonia (Hemiclonia) melanoptera, the giant black-winged clonia, is a species of predatory bush crickets in the subfamily Saginae. It is found in South Africa.

See also

• Coleoptera in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae
• List of least concern insects

External links

• Clonia melanoptera at gbif.org

Wikidata ☰ Q10455432 entry