Patiscus

Patiscus
Patiscus thaiensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Oecanthidae
Subfamily: Euscyrtinae
Genus: Patiscus
Stål, 1877
Synonyms

Pasticus Bruner, 1915

Asian insects in the genus Patiscus are sometimes called "pale grass crickets"; this genus is placed in the subfamily Euscyrtinae and was erected by Carl Stål in 1877. Species records are from India, China, Taiwan, Indochina, the Philippines and New Guinea.

Species

The Orthoptera Species File currently (April 2026) includes:

  1. Patiscus brevipennis Chopard, 1969
  2. Patiscus cephalotes (Saussure, 1878)
  3. Patiscus dorsalis (Stål, 1877) - type species (as Euscirtus dorsalis Stål; locality: Philippines)
  4. Patiscus elegans Otte, 2006
  5. Patiscus maesoi (Bolívar, 1889)
  6. Patiscus malayanus Chopard, 1969
  7. Patiscus nagatomii Oshiro, 1999
  8. Patiscus papuanus Gorochov, 1988
  9. Patiscus quadripunctatus Bolívar, 1900
  10. Patiscus tagalicus (Stål, 1877)
  11. Patiscus thaiensis Ingrisch, 1987

References

  1. 1 2 3 Orthoptera Species File (retrieved 26 April 2026)
  2. ↑ Stål C (1877) Ofv. K. Vetensk. Akad. Forh. 34(10): 51.