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Subfamily of cricket-like animals From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Hexacentrinae, are a subfamily of predatory bush crickets or katydids. The type genus is Hexacentrus, which may be known as "balloon-winged" bush crickets/katydids etc., is also the most speciose and widespread in Africa and Asia.[2][3]
Hexacentrinae | |
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Hexacentrus unicolor | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Ensifera |
Family: | Tettigoniidae |
Subfamily: | Hexacentrinae Karny, 1925 |
Synonyms[1] | |
Hexacentrini Karny, 1912 |
The group has sometimes been treated as a tribe (as "Hexacentrini") within Conocephalinae, which may be a sister group.[2][1]
A.V. Gorochov described the following characters for this subfamily:[1]
As of July 2022[update], the Orthoptera Species File lists the following tribes and genera:[2]
Genera have been placed in two tribes, mostly from Ecuador.[2]
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