Amusurgus

Amusurgus is a genus of Asian "sword-tail crickets", in the subfamily Trigonidiinae and the tribe Trigonidiini, erected by Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl in 1893.^[1] Species records exist for Pakistan through to Japan, South-East Asia through to Australia (distribution is probably incomplete).^[2]

Amusurgus
Amusurgus (Usgmona) genji
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Trigonidiidae
Subfamily:	Trigonidiinae
Tribe:	Trigonidiini
Genus:	Amusurgus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
Synonyms
Paranaxipha Chopard, 1925

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Species

The Orthoptera Species File^[2] lists:

subgenus Amusurgus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893

1. †Amusurgus africanus Chopard, 1936
2. Amusurgus angustus (Chopard, 1925)
3. Amusurgus bispinosus He, Li, Fang & Liu, 2010
4. Amusurgus caerulus Tan, 2022
5. Amusurgus fascifrons Chopard, 1951
6. Amusurgus fulvus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 - type species
7. Amusurgus hackeri (Chopard, 1951)
8. Amusurgus kanyakis Otte & Alexander, 1983
9. Amusurgus maculatus Chopard, 1927
10. Amusurgus minmirri Otte & Alexander, 1983
11. Amusurgus mubboonis Otte & Alexander, 1983
12. Amusurgus nilarius Otte & Alexander, 1983
13. Amusurgus noorundi Otte & Alexander, 1983
14. Amusurgus oedemeroides (Walker, 1871)
15. Amusurgus ornatipes (Chopard, 1925)
16. Amusurgus speculifer Chopard, 1936
17. Amusurgus tinka Otte & Alexander, 1983
18. Amusurgus unicolor (Chopard, 1925)
19. Amusurgus xanthoneurus (Chopard, 1940)

subgenus Usgmona Furukawa, 1970

1. Amusurgus excavatus Liu, Shi & Zhou, 2015
2. Amusurgus genji (Furukawa, 1970)

References

1. Brunner von Wattenwyl C (1893) Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova 2 13(33): 212.
2. Orthoptera Species File: genus Amusurgus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 22 April 2023).

External links

• Data related to Amusurgus at Wikispecies