Scaphura

Scaphura is a Neotropical genus of bush crickets in the subfamily Phaneropterinae. Some of the species within Scaphura are Batesian mimics of wasps,[2] for example the type species, Scaphura nigra,[1] is a polymorphic Batesian mimic of wasps of the genus Pepsis and Entypus (Pompilidae) and the potter wasps Polistes (Vespidae).[3] The genus is restricted to South America.[1] Another genus of Neotropical phaneropterine bush crickets, Aganacris, also are Batesian mimics of wasps.[4]

Scaphura
Scaphura nigra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Phaneropterinae
Genus: Scaphura
Kirby, 1825[1]

Species

The following species are included on Scaphura:[1]

  • Scaphura argentina (Hebard, 1931)
  • Scaphura conspurcata Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
  • Scaphura denuda Guérin-Méneville & Percheron, 1836
  • Scaphura edwardsii Westwood, 1828
  • Scaphura elegans (Serville, 1838)
  • Scaphura fasciata Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
  • Scaphura infuscata Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
  • Scaphura lefebvrei (Brullé, 1835)
  • Scaphura marginata (Walker, 1869)
  • Scaphura nigra (Thunberg, 1824)
  • Scaphura obscurata (Stoll, 1813)

References
  1. "genus Scaphura Kirby, 1825". Eades, D.C.; D. Otte; M.M. Cigliano & H. Braun. Orthoptera Species File. Version 5.0/5.0. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  2. Herrel, Anthony; Speck, Thomas (2006). Ecology and Biomechanics: A Mechanical Approach to the Ecology of Animals and Plants. CRC Press. ISBN 0849332095.
  3. Mesa, Alejo; Fontanetti, Carmen Silvia; Ferreira, Amilton (2010). "The chromosomes and the sex determining mechanism of Scaphura nigra (Orthoptera, Ensifera, Tettigoniidae, Phaneropterinae)". Journal of Orthoptera Research. 19 (2): 239–242.
  4. ter Hofstede, H.; et al. (2017). "Revisiting adaptations of Neotropical katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) to gleaning bat predation". Neotrop Biodivers. 3 (1): 41–49. doi:10.1080/23766808.2016.1272314. PMC 5312797.
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