Zaxiphidiopsis

Zaxiphidiopsis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Meconematinae
Tribe: Meconematini
Genus: Zaxiphidiopsis
Gorochov, 1993
Synonyms

Xiphidiopsis (Zaxiphidiopsis) Gorochov, 1993

Zaxiphidiopsis is a monotypic genus of bush crickets in the tribe Meconematini, erected by Andrey Gorochov in 1995; the single species was elevated from subgenus Xiphidiopsis (Zaxiphidiopsis), to this new genus.

Species

As of 2026 the species Zaxiphidiopsis bazyluki (Bey-Bienko, 1971), is the only species and found only in Vietnam; it was originally identified from Cúc Phương National Park: now in Ninh Bình province.

References

  1. ↑ Gorochov AV (1995) Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences 260: 168. [in Russian]
  2. ↑ Gorochov, A.V. (1993) A contribution to the knowledge of the tribe Meconematini (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Zoosystematica Rossica, 2(1), 63–92. Available here
  3. ↑ Orthoptera Secies File: genus Zaxiphidiopsis Gorochov, 1993 (retrieved 6 August 2026)
  4. ↑ Bey-Bienko GY (1971) Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 50: 830; Ent. Rev. 50: 473.