Elbenia

Elbenia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Phaneropterinae
Tribe: Holochlorini
Genus: Elbenia
Stål, 1876
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Elbenia is a genus of Asian bush crickets or katydids in the subfamily Phaneropterinae and tribe Holochlorini. It was originally erected by Carl Stål in 1876, but was subject to a major review by Andrey Gorochov in 2023, where species in the former genus Tamdaopteron were placed here as a subgenus together with new descriptions. Records for species occurrence are from Vietnam and Malesia.

Subgenera and species

As of August 2026 the Orthoptera Species File includes six subgenera and lists the following species:

Elbenia (Aequapteron) Gorochov, 2023 (peninsular Malaysia)
  1. Elbenia appressa Gorochov, 2023
  2. Elbenia bispinosa Karny, 1923
Elbenia (Elbenia) Stål, 1876 (Malesia)
  1. Elbenia apicata Gorochov, 2023
  2. Elbenia bakeri (Karny, 1921)
  3. Elbenia borneensis Karny, 1926
  4. Elbenia brevixipha Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1898
  5. Elbenia carinata Gorochov, 2023
  6. Elbenia digitata Karny, 1926
  7. Elbenia eudigitata Gorochov, 2023
  8. Elbenia fissa Karny, 1923
  9. Elbenia fusca Karny, 1923
  10. Elbenia modesta Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891
  11. Elbenia neodigitata Gorochov, 2023
  12. Elbenia nigrosignata Stål, 1876 - type species
  13. Elbenia paradigitata Gorochov, 2023
  14. Elbenia semicarinata Gorochov, 2023
  15. Elbenia serraticauda Hebard, 1922
  16. Elbenia tenera Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
Elbenia (Hemielbenia) Gorochov, 2023 (peninsular Malaysia)
  1. Elbenia dyscrita Karny, 1926
Elbenia (Javapteron) Gorochov, 2023 (Java)
  1. Elbenia javanica Karny, 1926
Elbenia (Sulapteron) Gorochov, 2025 (S.E. Sulawesi)
  1. Elbenia kendariensis Gorochov, 2025
Elbenia (Tamdaopteron) Gorochov, 2005
  1. Elbenia appendiculata Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1898
  2. Elbenia daedala Gorochov, 2023
  3. Elbenia major (Gorochov, 2005)
  4. Elbenia minor (Gorochov, 2005)
  5. Elbenia pendleburyi Karny, 1926
  6. Elbenia robinsoni Karny, 1926
  7. Elbenia ryabovi Gorochov, 2023
  8. Elbenia smedleyi Karny, 1926
  9. Elbenia subrecta Gorochov, 2023
  10. Elbenia tembelingi Gorochov, 2025
No subgenus assigned
  1. Elbenia fraser Tan, 2014
  2. Elbenia jacobsonii Karny, 1926
  3. Elbenia loliifolia (Haan, 1843)
  4. Elbenia makilingae Hebard, 1922
  5. Elbenia manillensis Pictet, 1888

References

  1. ↑ Stål C (1876) Observations orthoptérologiques 2. Les genres des Acridiodées de la faune Européenne. Aperçu des genres des Acridiodées de l'Amérique du Nord. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 4(5), 1–58. Available here
  2. ↑ Gorochov AV (2023) Taxonomy of the katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from East Asia and adjacent islands. Communication 16. Far Eastern Entomologist, 485, 7–28. DOI
  3. 1 2 Orthoptera Species File: genus Elbenia Stål, 1876 (retrieved 21 August 2026)