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genus

Hemisaga Saussure, 1888

Green Flightless Predatory Katydids

Type

Hemisaga hastata Saussure, 1888 type species by original monotypy of Hemisaga Saussure, 1888

Nomenclature (22)

  • Hemisaga Saussure, 1888: 148.

    type species by original monotypy Hemisaga hastata Saussure, 1888

  • Xiphosaga Saussure, 1888: 154.

    type species by original monotypy Saga lutea Walker, 1869

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  • Xiphosaga Saussure, 1888 (subjective synonym of Hemisaga Saussure, 1888) in Otte, 1997: 6.
  • Hemisaga Saussure, 1888 in Rentz, 2010: 73.

Nomenclature references (11)

  • 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
  • Caudell, A.N. (1916) Orthoptera Fam. Locustidae Subfam. Saginae. In Genera Insectorum. P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles. Vol. 167, 1–10, pls 1–2. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105423#page/429/mode/1up
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  • Kaltenbach, A.P. (1964) Zur Systematik und Verbreitung der Raubheuschrecken (Tettigoniidae - Saginae), insbesondere der europäischen Arten der Gattung Saga Charpentier. Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreichischer Entomologen, 16, 68–82. Available at http://www.biologiezentrum.at/pdf_frei_remote/ZAOE_16_0068-0082.pdf
  • Kaltenbach, A.P. (1990) The predatory Saginae. In Tettigoniidae: Biology, Systematics and Evolution. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. pp. 280–302.
  • Kirby, W.F. (1906) Orthoptera Saltatoria. Part I. (Achetidae et Phasgonuridae). In A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London. Vol. 2, i-viii, 1–562. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29662
  • Otte, D. (1997) Orthoptera Species File 7. Tettigonioidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 373 pp.
  • Rentz, D.C.F. & Balderson, J. (1979) Catalogue of Australian Tettigoniidae. CSIRO Division of Entomology Technical Paper, 15, 1–24.
  • Rentz, D.C.F. (1993) The Austrosaginae, Zaprochilinae and Phasmodinae. In A Monograph of the Tettigoniidae of Australia. CSIRO, Melbourne. Vol. 2, i-x, 1–386.
  • Rentz, D.C.F. (2010) In A Guide to the Katydids of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. 214 pp. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=Gd8CM_wn7pMC
  • Stephen, R.O. & Bailey, W.J. (1982) Bioacoustics of the ear of the bushcricket Hemisaga (Saginae). Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 72, 13–25.
  • de Saussure, H. (1888) Synopsis de la tribu des Sagiens. Orthoptères de la famille des Locustides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 8, 127–160. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/34142

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Derived from Saga Charpentier, 1825 with Greek prefix for "half" (ἡμι-).

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genus312
superspecies330
species20146