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Orthoptera Species File
Subfamily

Saginae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878

Raubheuschrecken; predatory katydids; Sägeschrecken

Type

type genus of Saginae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878

Nomenclature (45)

  • Saginae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878

    type genus Saga Charpentier, 1825

  • Sagiens Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 (not Latin)

    type genus Saga Charpentier, 1825

  • Saginae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 in Sirin, Taylan, Sevgili & Mol, 2019: 84.
  • Saginae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 in Karakaş, Uluar, Yartaş & Çıplak, 2025: 468.

References (36)

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  • Sirin, D., Taylan, M.S., Sevgili, H. & Mol, A. (2019) Bioacoustics review of Anatolian species of the predatory bush-cricket genus Saga (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Saginae) with the description of a new species. Zootaxa, 4664(1), 83–102.
  • Karakaş, M.Y., Uluar, O., Yartaş, M. & Çıplak, B. (2025) Mitophylogenetic patterns in Tettigoniidae: Insights from the complete mitogenome of Saga natoliae (Orthoptera). Zootaxa, 5569(3), 459–476. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5569.3.3

Descendants and synonyms

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Subfamily1034
Tribe0000
Genus5016
Subgenus4026
Species45071116
Subspecies2013