Amphiestris

Amphiestris
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Tettigoniinae
Tribe: Tettigoniini
Genus: Amphiestris
Fieber, 1853
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Amphiestris is a monotypic genus of European bush crickets in the tribe Tettigoniini, erected by Franz Xaver Fieber in 1853. Records of occurrence are from the Iberian Peninsula and North Africa.

Species

The Orthoptera Species File includes the single species Amphiestris baetica (Rambur, 1838). Originally described as Barbitistes baetica by Jules Pierre Rambur, the type locality was in Andalusia.

References

  1. ↑ Fieber FX (1853) Synopsis der europäischen Orthoptera mit besonderer Rücksicht auf die in Böhmen vorkommenden Arten. Lotos, Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaften. Herausgegeben vom naturhistorischen Vereine Lotos in Prag 3: 90–104, 115–129, 138–154, 168–176, 184–188, 201–207, 232–238, 252–261.
  2. 1 2 Orthoptera Species File: genus Amphiestris Fieber, 1853 (retrieved 28 April 2023)
  3. ↑ Rambur JP (1838) Faune entomologique de l'Andalousie 2: 54.