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genus

Xistrella Bolívar, 1909

Type

Xistrella dromadaria Bolívar, 1909 type species by original monotypy of Xistrella Bolívar, 1909

Nomenclature (40)

  • Xistrella Bolívar, 1909: 400.

    type species by original monotypy Xistrella dromadaria Bolívar, 1909

  • Xistrella Bolívar, 1909 in Günther, 1939: 145.
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  • Xistrella Bolívar, 1909 in Deng, Wang, Mao & Li, 2022
  • Xistrella Bolívar, 1909 (classified as Xistrellini Skejo, Storozhenko, Tumbrinck & Kasalo, 2025) in Skejo, Kasalo, Patano, Storozhenko, Tumbrinck, Domazet-Lošo, Amoroso, Yap & Škorput, 2025: 38.

Nomenclature references (26)

  • Blackith, R.E. (1992) Tetrigidae (Insecta; Orthoptera) of Southeast Asia: Annotated catalogue with partial translated keys and bibliography. JAPAGA, Wicklow, Ireland, i-liv, 1–248.
  • Bolívar, I. (1909) Nouvelles espèces d'Acridiens du Musée de Genève. Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, 9, 393–403. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/17844#page/411/mode/1up
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  • Deng, W.-A. (2016) In Taxonomic study of Tetrigoidea from China. Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan. 341 pp.
  • Deng, W.-A., Zheng, Z.-M. & Wei, S.-Z. (2007) In Fauna of Tetrigoidea from Yunnan and Guangxi. Guangxi Science & Technology Press, Nanning, China. 1–458 pp.
  • Deng, Y., Wang, M., Mao, B.-Y. & Li, M. (2022) Two new species of Xistra Bolivar, 1887 (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae: Metrodorinae) from China, with a key to species of the genus. Oriental Insects, 56(3), 408–427.
  • Günther, K. (1939) Revision der Acrydiinae (Orthoptera), III. Sectio Amorphopi (Metrodorae Bol. 1887, aut.). Abhandlungen und Berichte aus den Staatlichen Museen für Tierkunde und Völkerkunde in Dresden (Ser. A: Zool.) (N.F.), 20 (NF Bd.1), 16–335.
  • Ichikawa, A. (1994) A revision of the family Tetrigidae (Orthoptera) of the Ryukyu Islands, southern Japan, with descriptions of new species and subspecies. (Part 1). Japanese Journal of Entomology, 62(3), 457–474.
  • Jiang, G. & Zheng, Z.-M. (1998) In Grasshoppers and Locusts from Guangxi. Guangxi Normal University. 390 pp.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1966) Some Orthoptera-Caelifera from the Philippine, Bismarck and Solomon Islands, with a few interesting records from New Guinea and the Moluccas. Entomologiske Meddelelser, 34, 375–420. Available at https://danbif.dk/research-files/litteratur/entomologiske-meddelelser/bind-34/kevan__d._k._m._1966.pdf
  • Li, X., Deng, W.-A., Zheng, Z.-M., Lin, M. & Lu, C.-W. (2014) Two new species of the genus Xistra Bolivar (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) from China. Neotropical Entomology, 43, 209–217. Available at http://or.nsfc.gov.cn/handle/00001903-5/228182
  • Liang, G.-qiu & Zheng, Z.-M. (1998) Orthoptera Tetrigoidea. Fauna Sinica, Insecta, 12, i-x, 1–278.
  • Liang, G.-qiu (1990) Eine neue Gattung und neue Art der Tetrigidae von China (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae). Entomologische Nachrichten, 34(5), 213–214. Available at https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/EntBer_34_0213-0214.pdf
  • Liang, G.-qiu (1991) A new genus and a new species of Tetrigidae (Orthoptera) from Hainan Province, China. Oriental Insects, 25, 95–97.
  • Otte, D. (1997) Orthoptera Species File 6. Tetrigoidea and Tridactyloidea (Orthoptera: Caelifera) and Addenda to OSF Vols. 1-5. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 261 pp.
  • Shishodia, M.S. (1991) Taxonomy and zoogeography of the Tetrigidae (Orthoptera: Tetrigoidea) of north eastern India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Miscellaneous Publication, Occasional Paper, 140, 1–204. Available at http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/occpapers/140/index.pdf
  • Skejo, J., Kasalo, N., Patano, R.R., Jr., Storozhenko, S.Y., Tumbrinck, J., Domazet-Lošo, T., Amoroso, V.B., Yap, S.A. & 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. https://doi.org/10.3390/taxonomy5040060
  • Storozhenko, S.Y. & Omelko, M. (2012) Review of the genus Pseudoxistrella Liang, 1991 (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae, Metrodorinae). Zootaxa, 3573, 59–65.
  • Storozhenko, S.Y. (2014) To synonymy of the genus Xistrella Bolívar, 1909 (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae, Metrodorinae). Far Eastern Entomologist, 277, 47–48. Available at http://www.biosoil.ru/Files/FEE/00000432.pdf
  • Tumbrinck, J. (2014) Taxonomic revision of the Cladonotinae (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) from the islands of South-East Asia and from Australia, with general remarks to the classification and morphology of the Tetrigidae and descriptions of new genera and species from New Guinea and New Caledonia. In Biodiversity, Biogeography and Nature Conservation in Wallacea and New Guinea. Entomological Society of Latvia, Ed. Dmitry Telnov. Vol. 2, 345–396 (plates 64–91).
  • Wang, Y. (1999) A new species of the genus Xistrelia Bolivar from Wuling Mountains area, China (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae). Acta Entomologica Sinica, 42(2), 199–201. Available at http://www.insect.org.cn/EN/abstract/abstract9943.shtml
  • Xin, L. & Deng, W.-A. (2019) A new species and a new record of Xistrella from China (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 59(2), 453–462. Available at http://www.biotaxa.org/AEMNP/article/view/56923
  • Yin, X.-C. (1984) In Grasshoppers and locusts from Qinghai-Xizang Plateau of China. Science Press, Beijing. 1–287 pp.
  • Yin, X.-C., Shi, J. & Yin, Z. (1996) In Synonymic Catalogue of Grasshoppers and their Allies of the World (Orthoptera: Caelifera). China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing. 1266 pp.
  • Zha, L., Yu, F., Boonmee, S., Eungwanichayapant, P.D. & Wen, T. (2017) The subfamily Cladonotinae (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) from China with description of a new monotypic genus. Journal of Natural History, 51(25-26), 1479–1489.
  • Zheng, Z.-M. & Liang, G.-qiu (1991) A study of Chinese Xistrelia [Xistrella] Bolivar, with descriptions of 2 new species (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae). Wuyi Science Journal, 8, 4–8.
  • Zheng, Z.-M. (2005) In Fauna of the Tetrigoidea from Western China. Science Press, Beijing. 1–501 pp.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Diminutive of Xistra Bolívar, 1887.

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genus1034
species3704077
subspecies2013