Biology:Microtettigonia

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Short description: Genus of cricket-like animals

Microtettigonia
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Microtettigoniinae
Rentz, 1979
Genus: Microtettigonia
Rentz, 1979
Type species
Microtettigonia kangaroo
Rentz, 1979

Microtettigonia[1] is a genus of bush-crickets or katydids, endemic to Western Australia and known as micro katydids. It is the only genus of the subfamily Microtettigoniinae.[2]

Species

Microtettigonia includes the following species:[3]

  • Microtettigonia alleni Rentz, 2001
  • Microtettigonia illcha Rentz, 2001
  • Microtettigonia kangaroo Rentz, 1979
  • Microtettigonia kutyeri Rentz, 2001
  • Microtettigonia tachys Rentz, 1979
  • Microtettigonia tunte Rentz, 2001
  • Microtettigonia whippoo Rentz, 2001

References

  1. Rentz DCF (1979) Australian J. Zool. 27: 1003.
  2. Cigliano, M. M.; Braun, H.; Eades, D. C.; Otte, D.. "subfamily Microtettigoniinae Rentz, 1979". Orthoptera Species File. http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1135941. 
  3. Cigliano, M. M.; Braun, H.; Eades, D. C.; Otte, D.. "genus Microtettigonia Rentz, 1979". Orthoptera Species File. http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1135942. 

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