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genus

Hexacentrus Serville, 1831

balloon-winged katydids; fierce predatory katydids

Type

Hexacentrus unicolor Serville, 1831 type species by original monotypy of Hexacentrus Serville, 1831

Nomenclature (38)

  • Hexacentrus Serville, 1831: 145.

    type species by original monotypy Hexacentrus unicolor Serville, 1831

  • Hexacentrus Serville, 1831 in Burmeister, 1838: 714.
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  • Hexacentrus Serville, 1831 in Kim, Kim, Kim & Shin, 2024
  • Hexacentrus Serville, 1831 in Morris, Ingrisch, Willemse, Willemse, De Luca & Klimas, 2025: 71.

Nomenclature references (31)

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  • Cohn, T.J. (1957) The relationships of the N. American genera Rehnia Caudell and Neobarrettia Rehn. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan, 588, 1–16. Available at http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/57026
  • Farooqi, M.K. & Usmani, M.K. (2018) A new species and a new record of genus Hexacentrus Serville, 1831 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Hexacentrinae) from India. Zootaxa, 4526(4), 547–560.
  • Ghosh, A., Jaiswara, R., Monaal, Sabharwal, S., Dasoju, V., Bhattacharjee, A. & Rajaraman, B.K. (2023) Description of three new species of predatory genus Hexacentrus (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from India, with bioacoustic and morphological characterizations. Zootaxa, 5249(3), 335–356.
  • Gorochov, A.V. (1995) System and evolution of the suborder Ensifera (Orthoptera). Part I. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 260, 1–224. [in Russian]
  • Gorochov, A.V. (2007) Notes on taxonomy of the subfamily Hexacentrinae with descriptions of some taxa (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Zoosystematica Rossica, 16(2), 209–214. Available at http://gryllus.smart21.ru/gryllus/Gorochov%27s%20papers%20in%20PDF%20and%20list%20of%20his%20publications/2007%20%28206-216%29%20semibad/216%20Hexacentrinae%202007.pdf
  • Griffini, A. (1908) Phasgonuridae africane del R. Museo di Storia Naturale di Bruxelles. Meconemidae et Conocephalidae. Mémoires de la Société entomologique de Belgique, 15, 65–73. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41740#page/79/mode/1up
  • Guo, H.-F., Guan, B., Shi, F. & Zhou, Z.-J. (2016) DNA Barcoding of genus Hexacentrus in China reveals cryptic diversity within Hexacentrus japonicus (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae). ZooKeys, 596, 53–63. Available at http://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=8669
  • Karny, H.H. (1907) Revisio Conocephalidarum. Abhandlungen der K.K. Zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft Wien, 4(3), 1–114. Available at http://www.landesmuseum.at/biophp/de/band_det.php?litnr=29695
  • Karny, H.H. (1912) Orthoptera Fam. Locustidae subfam. Listroscelinae. In Genera Insectorum. P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles. Vol. 131, 1–19 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/63155#page/425/mode/1up
  • Karny, H.H. (1926) Beiträge zur malayischen Orthopterenfauna XV. Die Conocephalinen (s. l.) des Buitenzorger Museums. Hortus Botanicus Bogoriensis, Java (Treubia), 9(1-3), 162–254. Available at http://e-journal.biologi.lipi.go.id/index.php/treubia/article/view/1571
  • Karny, H.H. (1931) Orthoptera Celebica Sarasiniana. Fam. Tettigoniidae. Hortus Botanicus Bogoriensis, Java (Treubia), 12 (Suppl.), 4–140.
  • Kim, G., Kim, D.-Y., Kim, T.-W. & Shin, S. (2024) Taxonomic review of the genus Hexacentrus Serville, 1831 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) in Korea: An integrative study to confirm cryptic species. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, 27(2), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aspen.2024.102249
  • Kirby, W.F. (1890) On the employment of names proposed for genera of Orthoptera, previous to 1840. Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society, 6, 556–597. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95855#page/572/mode/1up
  • 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
  • Morris, G.K., Ingrisch, S., Willemse, F.M.H., Willemse, L., De Luca, P.A. & Klimas, D.E. (2025) Stridulation songs of some Tettigoniidae (Ensifera, Orthoptera) from Papua New Guinea. Zootaxa, 5600(1), 1–81. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5600.1.1
  • Otte, D. (1997) Orthoptera Species File 7. Tettigonioidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 373 pp.
  • Redtenbacher, J. (1891) Monographie der Conocephaliden. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 41, 315–562. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/49919#page/459/mode/1up
  • Rentz, D.C.F. (1996) Grasshopper Country. The Abundant Orthopteroid Insects of Australia. CSIRO, UNSW Press, Sydney, i-xi, 1–284.
  • Rentz, D.C.F. (2001) The Listroscelidinae, Tympanophorinae, Meconematinae and Microtettigoniinae. In A Monograph of the Tettigoniidae of Australia. CSIRO, Melbourne. Vol. 3, 1–524 pp. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=rz6bHWhrbhMC
  • 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
  • Serville, J.G.A. (1831) Revue méthodique des insectes de l'ordre des Orthoptères. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, 22(86), 28–65, 134–167, 262–292. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29456
  • Storozhenko, S.Y., Kim, T.-W. & Jeon, M.-J. (2015) Monograph of Korean Orthoptera. National Institute of Biological Resources, Incheon, 377 pp.
  • Stål, C. (1874) In Recensio Orthopterorum. Revue critique des Orthoptères décrits par Linné, De Geer et Thunberg. Stockholm. Vol. 2, 121 pp. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=nSxDAAAAYAAJ
  • Tiwari, C. & Diwakar, S. (2023) The katydid country: bioacoustics and ecology of tettigoniid communities from the Indian subcontinent. Bioacoustics, 32(1), 48–72.
  • Tiwari, C. & Diwakar, S. (2024) The orchestra nocturne: description for six new katydid species from India (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Zootaxa, 5405(2), 227–245. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5405.2.4
  • Walker, F. (1869) In Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. London. Vol. 2, 225–423 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/catalogueofspeci02britrich
  • Wang, J. & Shi, F. (2005) A taxonomic review of the genus Hexacenthrus [Hexacentrus] Serville from China (Orthoptera: Conocephalidae). Acta Entomologica Sinica, 48(2), 242–246.
  • Zeuner, F.E. (1936) The prothoracic tracheal apparatus of Saltatoria (Orthoptera). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (A), 11(1-2), 11–22.
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Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

From ἑξα (six) and κέντρον (spike, spur), alluding to the two spines on each pro-, meso- and metasternum.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
genus1045
species3201547
subspecies2057