Phaesticus

Phaesticus
P. insularis (with parasitoid)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Tetrigidae
Tribe: Xistrellini
Genus: Phaesticus
Uvarov, 1940
Synonyms
  • Lamprauges Blackith, 1992
  • Flatocerus Liang & Zheng, 1984
  • Phaestus Bolívar, 1887

Phaesticus is a genus of Asian groundhoppers (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae), erected by Boris Uvarov in 1940[1] and now placed in the new (2025) tribe Xistrellini. Species are found in sourhern China (including Hainan), Indochina and Malesia.[2]

Species

The Orthoptera Species File lists:[2]

  1. Phaesticus hainanensis Liang, 1988
  2. Phaesticus mellerborgi (Stål, 1855) - type species (as Tettix mellerborgi Stål). Synonyms include: Phaesticus azemii Mahmood, Idris & Salmah, 2007; P. carinatus Zheng, 1998; P. insularis (Hancock, 1907); P. sumatrensis (Willemse, 1928); P. uvarovi Storozhenko & Dawwrueng, 2015; type locality Java.
  3. Phaesticus moniliantennatus (Günther, 1940) - China, Vietnam

References

  1. ^ Uvarov BP (1940) Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. 11 6: 115.
  2. ^ a b Orthoptera Species File (retrieved 14 February 2026)
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