Phaesticus

Phaesticus
P. insularis (with parasitoid)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Tetrigidae
Tribe: Xistrellini
Genus: Phaesticus
Uvarov, 1940
Synonyms
  • Lamprauges Blackith, 1992
  • Flatocerus Liang & Zheng, 1984
  • Phaestus Bolívar, 1887

Phaesticus is a genus of Asian groundhoppers (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae), erected by Boris Uvarov in 1940 and now placed in the new (2025) tribe Xistrellini. Species are found in sourhern China (including Hainan), Indochina and Malesia.

Species

The Orthoptera Species File lists:

  1. Phaesticus hainanensis Liang, 1988
  2. Phaesticus mellerborgi (Stål, 1855) - type species (as Tettix mellerborgi Stål). Synonyms include: Phaesticus azemii Mahmood, Idris & Salmah, 2007; P. carinatus Zheng, 1998; P. insularis (Hancock, 1907); P. sumatrensis (Willemse, 1928); P. uvarovi Storozhenko & Dawwrueng, 2015; type locality Java.
  3. Phaesticus moniliantennatus (Günther, 1940) - China, Vietnam

References

  1. ↑ Uvarov BP (1940) Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. 11 6: 115.
  2. 1 2 Orthoptera Species File (retrieved 14 February 2026)