Drymadusa
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Tettigoniidae |
| Subfamily: | Tettigoniinae |
| Tribe: | Drymadusini |
| Genus: | Drymadusa Stein, 1860 |
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Drymadura Werner, 1933 | |
Drymadusa is a monotypic genus of bush crickets named by Johann Philipp Emil Friedrich Stein in 1860;[1] it is the type genus of the tribe Drymadusini, which was erected by Boris Uvarov in 1924.[2] Now containing the single species Drymadusa dorsalis,[3] it previously included others moved to genera such as Afrodrymadusa, Anadrymadusa and Paradrymadusa.[4]
Subspecies[edit]
The Orthoptera Species File[3] includes the single species Drymadusa dorsalis (Brullé, 1832) which has been recorded from Greece, Turkey and Iraq. There are three subspecies:
- D. dorsalis dorsalis (Brullé, 1832)
- D. dorsalis grandis Karabag, 1961
- D. dorsalis limbata Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882 (previously considered a separate species)
References[edit]
- ^ Stein JPEF (1860) Eine neue europäische Heuschrecken-Gattung. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 4: 257–259.
- ^ Uvarov BP (1924) Notes on the Orthoptera in the British Museum, 3. Some less known or new genera and species of subfamilies Tettigoniidae and Decticinae. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 3–4: 492–537.
- ^ a b Orthoptera Species File: genus Drymadusa Stein, 1860 (retrieved 28 April 2023)
- ^ Karabag T (1961) Revision of Drymadusa Stein and related genera (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), entomology 11(1): 1–42.
External links[edit]
- Images at iNaturalist
Data related to Drymadusini at Wikispecies
Media related to Drymadusa at Wikimedia Commons
