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| Elbenia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Tettigoniidae |
| Subfamily: | Phaneropterinae |
| Tribe: | Holochlorini |
| Genus: | Elbenia Stål, 1876 |
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Elbenia is a genus of Asian bush crickets or katydids in the subfamily Phaneropterinae and tribe Holochlorini. It was originally erected by Carl Stål in 1876,[1] but was subject to a major review by Andrey Gorochov in 2023,[2] where species in the former genus Tamdaopteron were placed here as a subgenus together with new descriptions. Records for species occurrence are from Vietnam and Malesia.[3]
Subgenera and species
[edit]As of August 2026[update] the Orthoptera Species File[3] includes six subgenera and lists the following species:
- Elbenia (Aequapteron) Gorochov, 2023 (peninsular Malaysia)
- Elbenia appressa Gorochov, 2023
- Elbenia bispinosa Karny, 1923
- Elbenia (Elbenia) Stål, 1876 (Malesia)
- Elbenia apicata Gorochov, 2023
- Elbenia bakeri (Karny, 1921)
- Elbenia borneensis Karny, 1926
- Elbenia brevixipha Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1898
- Elbenia carinata Gorochov, 2023
- Elbenia digitata Karny, 1926
- Elbenia eudigitata Gorochov, 2023
- Elbenia fissa Karny, 1923
- Elbenia fusca Karny, 1923
- Elbenia modesta Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891
- Elbenia neodigitata Gorochov, 2023
- Elbenia nigrosignata Stål, 1876 - type species
- Elbenia paradigitata Gorochov, 2023
- Elbenia semicarinata Gorochov, 2023
- Elbenia serraticauda Hebard, 1922
- Elbenia tenera Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
- Elbenia (Hemielbenia) Gorochov, 2023 (peninsular Malaysia)
- Elbenia dyscrita Karny, 1926
- Elbenia (Javapteron) Gorochov, 2023 (Java)
- Elbenia javanica Karny, 1926
- Elbenia (Sulapteron) Gorochov, 2025 (S.E. Sulawesi)
- Elbenia kendariensis Gorochov, 2025
- Elbenia (Tamdaopteron) Gorochov, 2005
- Elbenia appendiculata Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1898
- Elbenia daedala Gorochov, 2023
- Elbenia major (Gorochov, 2005)
- Elbenia minor (Gorochov, 2005)
- Elbenia pendleburyi Karny, 1926
- Elbenia robinsoni Karny, 1926
- Elbenia ryabovi Gorochov, 2023
- Elbenia smedleyi Karny, 1926
- Elbenia subrecta Gorochov, 2023
- Elbenia tembelingi Gorochov, 2025
- No subgenus assigned
- Elbenia fraser Tan, 2014
- Elbenia jacobsonii Karny, 1926
- Elbenia loliifolia (Haan, 1843)
- Elbenia makilingae Hebard, 1922
- Elbenia manillensis Pictet, 1888
References
[edit]- ↑ Stål C (1876) Observations orthoptérologiques 2. Les genres des Acridiodées de la faune Européenne. Aperçu des genres des Acridiodées de l'Amérique du Nord. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 4(5), 1–58. Available here
- ↑ Gorochov AV (2023) Taxonomy of the katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from East Asia and adjacent islands. Communication 16. Far Eastern Entomologist, 485, 7–28. DOI
- 1 2 Orthoptera Species File: genus Elbenia Stål, 1876 (retrieved 21 August 2026)