Xizicus

Xizicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Meconematinae
Tribe: Meconematini
Genus: Xizicus
Gorochov, 1993
Type species
Xizicus fascipes
(Bey-Bienko, 1955)
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Xizicus is a genus of Asian bush crickets belonging to the tribe Meconematini in the subfamily Meconematinae. They are found in India, China, Korea, and Indochina.

Subgenera and species

The Orthoptera Species File currently lists the following species (Eoxizicus may be placed here or at the genus level):

subgenus Axizicus Gorochov, 1998
  1. Xizicus andamanensis (Kevan & Jin, 1993)
  2. Xizicus appendiculatus (Tinkham, 1944)
  3. Xizicus bifurcatus Liu, 2020
  4. Xizicus bispinus Jiao & Shi, 2014
  5. Xizicus falcata Chang, Du & Shi, 2013
  6. Xizicus furcus (Cui, Liu & Shi, 2020)
  7. Xizicus lineosus Gorochov & Kang, 2005
  8. Xizicus sergeji (Gorochov, 1998)
  9. Xizicus spinocercus Jiao & Shi, 2013
Subgenus Furcixizicus Gorochov, 2002
  1. Xizicus bilobus (Bey-Bienko, 1962)
  2. Xizicus changi Gorochov, 2002
  3. Xizicus cryptostictus (Hebard, 1922)
  4. Xizicus furcicercus Gorochov, 2002
  5. Xizicus omelkoi Gorochov, 2019
  6. Xizicus siamensis (Karny, 1926)
Subgenus Haploxizicus Wang, Jing, Liu & Li, 2014
  1. Xizicus hunanensis (Xia & Liu, 1992)
  2. Xizicus incisus (Xia & Liu, 1990)
  3. Xizicus maculatus (Xia & Liu, 1992)
  4. Xizicus spathulatus (Tinkham, 1944)
  5. Xizicus szechwanensis (Tinkham, 1944)
Subgenus Paraxizicus Liu, 2004
  1. Xizicus anisocercus Liu, 2004
  2. Xizicus biprocerus (Shi & Zheng, 1996)
  3. Xizicus fallax Wang, Jing, Liu & Li, 2014
  4. Xizicus furcistylus Feng, Chang & Shi, 2016
Subgenus Xizicus Gorochov, 1993
  1. Xizicus daedalus Gorochov, 2011
  2. Xizicus fascipes (Bey-Bienko, 1955) – type species
  3. Xizicus juxtafurcus (Xia & Liu, 1990)
  4. Xizicus proximus Gorochov, 1998
  5. Xizicus spinicaudus (Sänger & Helfert, 1998)
  6. Xizicus tricercus Feng, Shi & Mao, 2017
Subgenus Zangxizicus Wang, Jing, Liu & Li, 2014
  1. Xizicus curvus Chang & Shi, 2016
  2. Xizicus quadrifascipes Wang, Jing, Liu & Li, 2014
  3. Xizicus tibeticus Wang, Jing, Liu & Li, 2014
Not placed in a subgenus
  1. Xizicus kaltenbachi Sänger & Helfert, 2006

References

  1. ↑ Gorochov AV (1993) Zoosystematica Rossica 2(1): 76.
  2. 1 2 Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 27 February 2021)
  3. ↑ Jin X, Liu X-W, Hanqiang Wang (2020) Zootaxa 4772(1): 27.