Letana is a genus of bush cricket, characteristic of the tribe Letanini and placed in the subfamily Phaneropterinae. Species can be found in Asia, particularly in India, China and Indochina.[2]

Letana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Superfamily: Tettigonioidea
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Phaneropterinae
Tribe: Letanini
Genus: Letana
Walker, 1869[1]
Synonyms
  • Pyrrhicia Stål, 1873
  • Pyrrhizia Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891
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Species

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The Orthoptera Species File[2] lists:

  1. Letana atomifera (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878)
  2. Letana bilobata Ingrisch, 1990
  3. Letana brachyptera Ingrisch, 1987
  4. Letana brevicaudata (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893)
  5. Letana bulbosa Ingrisch, 1990
  6. Letana dentata Nagar & Swaminathan, 2015
  7. Letana despecta (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878)
  8. Letana digitata Ingrisch, 1990
  9. Letana emanueli Ingrisch, 1990
  10. Letana ganesha Ingrisch & Garai, 2001
  11. Letana gracilis Ingrisch, 1990
  12. Letana grandis Liu & Xia, 1992
  13. Letana hemelytra Liu, 2014
  14. Letana inflata (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878)
  15. Letana infurcata Ingrisch, 1990
  16. Letana intermedia Ingrisch, 1990
  17. Letana linearis Walker, 1869 - type species
  18. Letana magna Ingrisch, 1990
  19. Letana megastridula Ingrisch, 1990
  20. Letana mursinga Ingrisch & Shishodia, 2000
  21. Letana navasi (Bolívar, 1914)
  22. Letana nigropoda Ingrisch, 1987
  23. Letana nigrosparsa (Walker, 1871)
  24. Letana pyrifera Bey-Bienko, 1956
  25. Letana recticercis Chopard, 1966
  26. Letana rubescens (Stål, 1861)
  27. Letana rufonotata (Serville, 1838)
  28. Letana serricauda Ingrisch, 1990
  29. Letana sinumarginis Liu & Xia, 1992

References

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  1. ^ Walker F (1869) Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum 2:277.
  2. ^ a b Orthoptera Species File: Letana Walker, 1869 (retrieved 31 March 2023)
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  • Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2011). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  • Flickr: Len Worthington Letana rubescens (Stål, 1861) male
  • Letana image in Farangs gone wild: Tettigonioidea of Thailand