Xistrella

Xistrella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Tetrigidae
Tribe: Xistrellini
Genus: Xistrella
Bolívar, 1909
Synonyms
  • Clivitettix Yin, 1984
  • Pseudogignotettix Liang, 1990
  • Xistrelia [sic] Bolívar, 1909
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Xistrella is a genus of Asian groundhoppers (Orthoptera: Caelifera); originally erected by Ignacio Bolívar in 1909,[1] it is now the type genus of the new (2025) tribe Xistrellini.[2] The (possibly incomplete) recorded species distribution includes the Indian subcontinent, Sri Lanka, China, parts of Indochina, and western Malesia including the Philippines.[3]

Species

The Orthoptera Species File[3] lists:

  1. Xistrella acuteterminata (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893)
  2. Xistrella arorai Shishodia, 1991
  3. Xistrella aruna Ingrisch, 2001
  4. Xistrella bannaensis (Deng, Wang, Mao & Li, 2022)
  5. Xistrella brachynota (Li, Deng & Zheng, 2014)
  6. Xistrella cambodia (Storozhenko, 2021)
  7. Xistrella cliva Zheng & Liang, 1991
  8. Xistrella dengi Skejo, Kasalo, Tumbrinck & Storozhenko, 2025
  9. Xistrella dohrni Günther, 1939
  10. Xistrella dromadaria Bolívar, 1909 – type species
  11. Xistrella dubia (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893)
  12. Xistrella emeiensis (Zheng, 1995)
  13. Xistrella foliolata (Liang & Chen, 2010)
  14. Xistrella guangdongensis (Liang, 1990)
  15. Xistrella hainanensis Deng, 2019
  16. Xistrella hunanensis Wang, 1999
  17. Xistrella javanensis (Günther, 1937)
  18. Xistrella jiulianshanensis (Zheng & Shi, 2009)
  19. Xistrella laticorna (Zheng, 1988)
  20. Xistrella lativertex (Zheng & Mao, 2010)
  21. Xistrella lochengensis (Zheng, 2005)
  22. Xistrella longidorsalis (Liang & Jiang, 2004)
  23. Xistrella medogensis (Zheng, 2005)
  24. Xistrella motuoensis (Yin, 1984)
  25. Xistrella nigriabdominis (Deng, 2022)
  26. Xistrella nigrinota (Zheng & Xu, 2010)
  27. Xistrella nigritibialis (Zheng & Jiang, 2002)
  28. Xistrella ophthalmica (Bolívar, 1909)
  29. Xistrella orchotibia (Deng, Wang, Mao & Li, 2022)
  30. Xistrella parvula (Liang & Chen, 2010)
  31. Xistrella shilinensis (Zheng, 2015)
  32. Xistrella siangensis Shishodia, 1991
  33. Xistrella strictivertex (Zheng & Ou, 2010)
  34. Xistrella stylata (Hancock, 1907)
  35. Xistrella wuyishana Zheng & Liang, 1991
  36. Xistrella wuyishanensis (Zheng & Zeng, 2011)
  37. Xistrella zhengi (Deng, 2024)

References

  1. ^ Bolívar I (1909) Nouvelles espèces d'Acridiens du Musée de Genève. Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, 9, 393–403. Available here
  2. ^ Skejo J, Kasalo N, Patano RR Jr., Storozhenko SY, Tumbrinck J, Domazet-Lošo T, Amoroso VB, Yap SA, Škorput J (2025) Taxonomic revision of pygmy devil genera Almacris, Ginixistra, Tegotettix and Xistra, with comments on Xistrella (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae). Taxonomy, 5(60), 1–47. DOI
  3. ^ a b Orthoptera Species File: genus Xistrella Bolívar, 1909 (retrieved 15 February 2026).
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