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genus

Xistra Bolívar, 1887

Type

Xistra gogorzae Bolívar, 1887 type species by subsequent designation of Xistra Bolívar, 1887

Nomenclature (24)

  • Xistra Bolívar, 1887: 186, 194, 242.

    type species by subsequent designation Xistra gogorzae Bolívar, 1887 in Kirby, 1910

  • Xistra Bolívar, 1887 in Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893: 108.
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  • Xistra Bolívar, 1887 (classified as Metrodorinae Bolívar, 1887) in Deng, Wang, Mao & Li, 2022: 410.
  • Xistra Bolívar, 1887 (classified as Tetrigidae Rambur, 1838) in Skejo, Kasalo, Patano, Storozhenko, Tumbrinck, Domazet-Lošo, Amoroso, Yap & Škorput, 2025: 28.

Nomenclature references (24)

  • 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. (1887) Essai sur les Acridiens de la tribu des Tettigidae. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique, 31, 175–313. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44636#page/675/mode/1up
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  • Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1893) Révision du système des Orthoptères et déscription des espèces rapportées par M. Leonardo Fea de Birmanie. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, 13(33), 1–230. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/25035
  • 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.
  • Hancock, J.L. (1907) Orthoptera Fam. Acridiidae. Subfam. Tetriginae. In Genera Insectorum. P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles. Vol. 48, 1–79 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105990#page/23/mode/1up
  • Jiang, G. & Zheng, Z.-M. (1998) In Grasshoppers and Locusts from Guangxi. Guangxi Normal University. 390 pp.
  • Kirby, W.F. (1910) A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London, Vol. 3, Issue 2, 674 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29660
  • Kirby, W.F. (1914) In Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Orthoptera (Acrididae). London. 276 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/orthopteraacridi00kirbiala
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Willemse, C.J.M. (1930) Fauna Sumatrensis (Bijdrage Nr. 62) Preliminary revision of the Acrididae (Orthoptera). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 73, 1–210. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/89680#page/125/mode/1up
  • 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.
  • Zhang, R., Deng, W.-A., Li, J.-J. & Lin, L.-L. (2022) Pygmy grasshoppers of the genus Xistra Bolívar, 1887 (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae: Metrodorinae). Zootaxa, 5162(2), 183–197.
  • Zheng, Z.-M. & Zeng, H.-H. (2011) A review of the genus Xistra Bolivar 1887 (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) with description of two new species. Journal of Natural History, 45(31-32), 1895–1904.
  • Zheng, Z.-M. (2005) A systematic study of Xistra Bolivar from China (Tetrigoidea: Metrodoridae). Journal of Huazhong Agricultural University, 24(2), 129–132.
  • Zheng, Z.-M. (2005) In Fauna of the Tetrigoidea from Western China. Science Press, Beijing. 1–501 pp.
  • Zheng, Z.-M. (2009) Taxonomic review of the genus Xistra Bolivar (Orthoptera: Metrodoridae) from China with description of a new species. Acta Entomologica Sinica, 52(3), 296–300.

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