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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Tettigoniidae |
| Tribe: | Meconematini |
| Genus: | Thaumaspis Bolívar, 1900 |
| Type species | |
| Thaumaspis trigonurus Bolívar, 1900 | |
Thaumaspis is a genus of Asian bush crickets belonging to the tribe Meconematini in the subfamily Meconematinae. The known distribution is from India, southern China, and Malesia (Java), but records are probably incomplete.
Species
The Orthoptera Species File lists the following subgenera and species:
- Subgenus Isothaumaspis Gorochov, 1993
- Thaumaspis forcipatus Bolívar, 1900
- Subgenus Thaumaspis Bolívar, 1900
- Thaumaspis castetsi Gorochov, 1993
- Thaumaspis henanensis Liu & Wang, 1998
- Thaumaspis longipes Bolívar, 1900
- Thaumaspis montanus Bey-Bienko, 1957
- Thaumaspis siccifolii (Karny, 1922)
- Thaumaspis trigonurus Bolívar, 1900 – type species (locality: Tamil Nadu, India)
The genus Pseudothaumaspis, previously placed here as a subgenus of Thaumaspis, is now considered a separate genus. Other species transferred to other genera include Athaumaspis bifurcatus.
References
- Bolívar I (1900) Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. 68: 768.
- ^ Orthoptera Species File: genus Thaumaspis Bolívar, 1900 (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 11 August 2022)
- Cigliano, M. M.; Braun, H.; Eades, D. C.; Otte, D. "genus Pseudothaumaspis Gorochov, 1998". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Orthoptera Species File. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
- Gorochov. 1998. New and little known Meconematinae of the tribes Meconematini and Phlugidini (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Zoosystematica Rossica 7(1):115
External links
Data related to Thaumaspis at Wikispecies
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