Lucasinova

Lucasinova
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Bradyporinae
Tribe: Ephippigerini
Genus: Lucasinova
Barat, 2012
Species:
L. nigromarginata
Binomial name
Lucasinova nigromarginata
(Lucas, 1847)
Synonyms
  • Lucasia Barat, 2012 (genus)
  • Ephippigera [sic] dorsalis Fieber, 1853
  • Uromenus (Ephippigerida) nigro-marginatus [sic] (Lucas, 1847)
  • Ephippigerida nigrosignata [sic] (Lucas, 1847)

Lucasinova is a monotypic genus of bush crickets, erected by J. Barat in 2012, as part of a revision of the tribe Ephippigerini. It is named after P.H. Lucas, who deposited a specimen from Algeria at the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle (MNHN), Paris.

Species

To date (2026), this genus contains the single species Lucasinova nigromarginata (Lucas, 1847). Records of occurrence include southern France, Sicily and North Africa.

References

  1. ↑ Barat J (2012) Revisión preliminar de los géneros de Ephippigerini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Bradyporinae). Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 50: 1–71. Available here
  2. 1 2 Orthoptera Species File: species Lucasinova nigromarginata (Lucas, 1847) (retrieved 15 July 2026)
  3. ↑ Lucas PH (1847) In Exploration Scientifique de l'Algérie: Histoire Naturelle des Animaux Articulés. Les Orthoptères. Paris. Vol. 3, 1–39. Available here

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