Tettigonia is the type genus of bush crickets belonging to the subfamily Tettigoniinae.[1] The scientific name Tettigonia is onomatopoeic and derives from the Greek τεττιξ, meaning cicada.

Tettigonia
Young female Tettigonia viridissima
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Tribe: Tettigoniini
Genus: Tettigonia
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
  • Eumenymus Pictet, 1888
  • Locusta Fabricius, 1775
  • Phasgonura Stephens, 1835

Species of this genus are typically quite large insects, with relatively massive bodies, green or brownish colour and long hindlegs. For example, great green bush-crickets, the type species described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae, are the largest Orthopterans in the British Isles.[2]

Most Tettigonia species are present in Europe, North Africa and the Asian mainland, apart from Tettigonia orientalis which occurs in Japan.[3]

Species

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The Orthoptera Species File[3] lists:

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna tria naturae (10th ed.) 1: 429.
  2. ^ Ragge, D. R. (1965). Grasshoppers, Crickets & Cockroaches of the British Isles. Frederick Warne & Co. p. 299.
  3. ^ a b Orthoptera Species File: genus Tettigonia Linnaeus, 1758 (Version 5.0/5.0 retrieved 29 May 2020)
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