Sanaa imperialis

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Sanaa imperialis
Illustration from the Cabinet of Oriental Entomology (1848) by J. O. Westwood with Sanaa imperialis (at centre)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Pseudophyllinae
Supertribe: Pseudophylliti
Tribe: Cymatomerini
Genus: Sanaa
Species:
S. imperialis
Binomial name
Sanaa imperialis
(White, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
  • Locusta (Acanthodis) imperialis White, 1846
  • Acanthodis imperialis
  • Termera imperialis

Sanaa imperialis is a species of bush cricket (or katydid) found in the tropical forests of South and Southeast Asia. It was described originally by Adam White from a specimen obtained from Sylhet in Bangladesh. The description was published in 1846 and it was given the name Locusta imperialis.[2] It was moved into the genus Sanaa by Francis Walker in 1870.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Orthoptera Species File
  2. ^ White, A. (1846). "Descriptions of some apparently new species of Orthopterous and Homopterous insects". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 18 (116): 23–24.
  3. ^ Walker, F. 1870. Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum 3:438