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Acridoxena

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Acridoxena
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Mecopodinae
Tribe: Acridoxenini
Genus: Acridoxena
White, 1865
Synonyms
  • Eustalia Scudder, 1878
  • Stalia Scudder, 1875

Acridoxena is a monotypic genus of bush crickets; it is now placed in the tribe Acridoxenini of the subfamily Mecopodinae (previously it was a subfamily: Acridoxeninae).[1] It has one species, Acridoxena hewaniana, found in western-central Africa.[2]

References

  1. ^ White, A. 1865. Proc. R. phys. Soc. Edinburgh 3:309
  2. ^ http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1143308