Tettigonia Linnaeus, 1758

Nagar, Rajendra & Swaminathan, R., 2017, First report of the genus Tettigonia Linnaeus (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Tettigoniinae) and record of Tettigonia caudata caudata (Charpentier, 1842) from India, Zootaxa 4258 (3), pp. 294-300 : 295

Genus Tettigonia Linnaeus, 1758

Tettigonia (pro subgenus Gryllus ) Linnaeus, 1758: 429.

Tettigonia: Sharank, 1781 , Enum. Ins. Austr.: 244; Leach, 1815: 120; Karny, 1908, Zoo. Ann., 2: 104;Uvarov, 1923: 493; Miram, 1933, Orth. Jakut.: 11; Cang, 1935: 60;Tarbinsky, 1940;13,74; 1948: 90; furukawa, 1948, Shin-Konchu, 1: 265; Bey-Bienko, 1964: 225; Harz, 1969: 193; Sergeev,1986: 178; Storozhenko, 1986: 248, 252.

Phasgonura Stephens, 1835 , III. Brit. Ent., mand., 4: 15.

Phasgonura: Westwood, 1840 , Mod. Class. Ins., Syn. Gen., 2:45; Kirby,1906: 216; Caudell, 1912, Gen. Ins., 138: 15; Roberts, 1941:13.

Eumenymus Pictet, 1888 , Men. Soc. Genove, 30(6): 58.

Locusta (nec Linnaeus): Brunner-Wattenwyl, 1882, Prodr. Europ. Orth.: 306; Jacobson, 1905: 326, 340, 392; Mastsumura, Shiraki, 1908: 69.

Harz. 1969. Ser. Entomol. 5: 193–196; Ingrisch. 1977. Zeit. angew. Zool. 64(4):468

Tettigonia: Pinedo. 1985. Eos 61: 249

Defaut. 1988. Trav. Lab. Ecobiol. Arthr. Edaph. 6(1):49; Us. 1992. Slovenska 32: 120.

Tettigonia: Schul. 1994 . Entomol. Gener. 19:185–190.

Tettigonia: Storozhenko. 1994 . Far Eastern Entomologis t 3:3.

Tettigonia: Otte, D. 1997 . Orthoptera Species File 7:304.

Tettigonia: Defaut. 2001 . Matériaux Orthoptériques et Entomocénotiques 6:109.

Tettigonia: Defaut [Ed.]. 2001. La détermination des Orthoptères de France 13.

Tettigonia: Kocárek, J. Holusa & Vidlicka. 2005 . Blattaria, Mantodea, Orthoptera & Dermaptera Ceské a Slovenské republiky 132.

Tettigonia: Storozhenko & Paik. 2007 . Orthoptera of Korea 61.

Tettigonia: Massa, Fontana, Buzzetti, Kleukers & Odé. 2012 . Fauna d'Italia. Orthoptera 48:202.

Tettigonia: Riffat, Panhwar & M. S. Wagan. 2015 . Pakistan J. Zool. 47(5):1362.

Tettigonia: Storozhenko, T. W. Kim & Jeon. 2015 . Monograph of Korean Orthoptera , 59.

Type species: Gryllus (Tettigonia) viridissimus Linnaeus, 1758 , by subsequent designation (Laech, 1815:120).

Diagnosis. Body large, green or light brown; fastigium of vertex 1.47mm, while the first antennal segment is 1.66mm; typically 1.13 times narrower than the first antennal segment. Tegmen well developed, with rounded apex, 3.1–7.0 times longer than pronotum. Male cercus long, with large inner tooth placed shortly before the middle or near the base. Titillator is long, almost straight and the apical portion bearing two teeth.