Thaumaspis | |
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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 [1] |
Type species | |
Thaumaspis trigonurus Bolívar, 1900
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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. [2]
The Orthoptera Species File lists the following subgenera and species: [2]
The genus Pseudothaumaspis, previously placed here as a subgenus of Thaumaspis, is now considered a separate genus. [3] [4] Other species transferred to other genera include Athaumaspis bifurcatus.