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Sanaa imperialis

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Species of cricket-like animal

Sanaa imperialis
Illustration from the Cabinet of Oriental Entomology (1848) by J. O. Westwood with Sanaa imperialis (at centre)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Pseudophyllinae
Supertribe: Pseudophylliti
Tribe: Cymatomerini
Genus: Sanaa
Species: S. imperialis
Binomial name
Sanaa imperialis
(White, 1846)
Synonyms
  • Locusta (Acanthodis) imperialis White, 1846
  • Acanthodis imperialis
  • Termera imperialis

Sanaa imperialis is a species of bush cricket (or katydid) found in the tropical forests of South and Southeast Asia. It was described originally by Adam White from a specimen obtained from Sylhet in Bangladesh. The description was published in 1846 and it was given the name Locusta imperialis. It was moved into the genus Sanaa by Francis Walker in 1870.

References

  1. Orthoptera Species File
  2. White, A. (1846). "Descriptions of some apparently new species of Orthopterous and Homopterous insects". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 18 (116): 23–24.
  3. Walker, F. 1870. Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum 3:438
Taxon identifiers
Sanaa imperialis
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