Athaumaspis

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Athaumaspis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Meconematinae
Tribe: Meconematini
Genus: Athaumaspis
Wang & Liu, 2014

Athaumaspis is a genus of Asian bush crickets belonging to the tribe Meconematini in the subfamily Meconematinae. The genus was erected by Wang et al.[1] after a revision of the genus Thaumaspis; species are found in Tibet, China, and Vietnam.[2]

Species[edit]

The Orthoptera Species File lists the following species:[2]

  1. Athaumaspis bifurcatus (Liu, Zhou & Bi, 2010) - Fengyangshan National Nature Reserve, Zhejiang, China
  2. Athaumaspis minutus Wang & Liu, 2014 - type species locality: Mount Lang Bian, Vietnam
  3. Athaumaspis tibetanus Wang & Liu, 2014 - Tibet

References[edit]

  1. ^ Wang H, Liu X-W (2014) In Wang, Hanqiang, X.-W. Liu & Kai Li. A synoptic review of the genus Thaumaspis Bolívar (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Meconematinae) with the description of a new genus and four new species. ZooKeys 443: 22.
  2. ^ a b Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 20 August 2022)

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