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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Matriarchal Katydid, Predatory Bush Cricket, Predatory Katydid
Common Names in French:
La Magicienne Dentelée, La Magicienne Dentelée
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial
Ecology: This "Matriarchal katydid" is one of the largest insects in Europe (12 cm in length ). It is a carnivore and parthenogenetic grasshopper.[1]
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
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- animals
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Arthropods
- Class:
Insecta
()
- Insects
- Order:
Orthoptera
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- Family:
Tettigonioidea
()
- Family:
Tettigonioidea
(
- Order:
Orthoptera
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- Class:
Insecta
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- Phylum:
Arthropoda
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Unambiguous Synonyms
- Gryllus giganteus Villers 1789
- Gryllus pedo Pallas 1771
- Locusta serrata Fabricius 1793
- Saga italica Costa, O. G. & A. Costa 1871
- Saga nudipes Fischer Von Waldheim 1830
- Saga serrata (Fabricius 1793)
- Saga vittata Fischer Von Waldheim 1830
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Eades D.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Saga
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 19 species and subspecies in this genus:
S. beieri · S. campbelli · S. campbelli campbelli · S. campbelli gracilis · S. cappadocica · S. ephippigera · S. ephippigera ephippigera · S. ephippigera syriaca · S. hellenica · S. ledereri · S. longicaudata · S. natoliae · S. ornata · S. pedo (Predatory Bush Cricket) · S. pedo pedo (Predatory Bush Cricket) · S. puella · S. quadrisignata · S. rammei · S. rhodiensis
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Further Reading
- Cantrall, Irving J. 1972. Saga pedo (Pallas) (Tettigoniidae: Saginae), an Old World katydid, new to Michigan. The Great Lakes Entomologist, vol. 5. 103-106.
- Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- Otte, Daniel 1997. Tettigonioidea. Orthoptera Species File 7. The Orthopterists' Society at The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. 373. ISBN: 0-9640101-8-6.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
- Eades, David (from Orthoptera Species File).
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- Orthoptera Species File Online, 2.5, 2006.
- Orthopteroid Specialist Group 1996. Saga pedo. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:
- Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen: Biologiezentrum Linz
- European Environment Agency: EUNIS
- Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig: ZFMK Orthopteroidea collection
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2480466
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: OSF-16507
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 658886
- IUCN ID: 19811
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3849
Footnotes
- Orthopteroid Specialist Group 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]
