Siliquofera
Siliquofera[1] is a monotypic genus of bush crickets in the subfamily Phyllophorinae. The Orthoptera species file includes only one species Siliquofera grandis,[2] which Blanchard named in 1853, originally placing it the genus Phyllophora.[3]
| Siliquofera | |
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| Siliquofera grandis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Tettigoniidae |
| Subfamily: | Phyllophorinae |
| Genus: | Siliquofera Bolívar, 1903 |
| Species: | S. grandis |
| Binomial name | |
| Siliquofera grandis (Blanchard, 1853) | |
| Synonyms | |
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English names names have included the "hooded bush cricket" and "giant katydid" indicating its size and the shape of the pronotum. This insect is sometimes kept in captivity, surviving on food plants such as bramble, but the species originates from New Guinea; the type locality was described as "Hollandia" (Jayapura) in Irian Jaya, with specimens placed in the Museum of Natural History (MNHN), Paris.[2]
Gallery
pronotum, dorso-lateral view
1869 illustration of the "Great-shielded Grasshopper"
References
- Bolívar I (1903) Ann. hist.-nat. Mus. Nat. Hung. 1: 178.
- Orthoptera Species File: species Siliquofera grandis (Blanchard, 1853) (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 3 November 2022)
- Blanchard E (1853) In Hombron & Jacquinot [Ed.]. Voyage au Pole Sud et dans l' Océanie sur les Corvettes l' Astrolabe et la Zélée exècuté par ordre du roi pendant les années 1837-1838-1839-1840 364.
External links
Data related to Phyllophorinae at Wikispecies
Media related to Siliquofera at Wikimedia Commons
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