Amusurgus is a genus of Asian "sword-tail crickets", in the subfamily Trigonidiinae and the tribe Trigonidiini, erected by Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl in 1893.[1] Species records exist for Pakistan through to Japan, South-East Asia through to Australia (distribution is probably incomplete).[2]

Amusurgus
Amusurgus (Usgmona) genji
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Trigonidiidae
Subfamily: Trigonidiinae
Tribe: Trigonidiini
Genus: Amusurgus
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
Synonyms

Paranaxipha Chopard, 1925

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Species

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The Orthoptera Species File[2] lists:

subgenus Amusurgus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
  1. Amusurgus africanus Chopard, 1936
  2. Amusurgus angustus (Chopard, 1925)
  3. Amusurgus bispinosus He, Li, Fang & Liu, 2010
  4. Amusurgus caerulus Tan, 2022
  5. Amusurgus fascifrons Chopard, 1951
  6. Amusurgus fulvus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 - type species
  7. Amusurgus hackeri (Chopard, 1951)
  8. Amusurgus kanyakis Otte & Alexander, 1983
  9. Amusurgus maculatus Chopard, 1927
  10. Amusurgus minmirri Otte & Alexander, 1983
  11. Amusurgus mubboonis Otte & Alexander, 1983
  12. Amusurgus nilarius Otte & Alexander, 1983
  13. Amusurgus noorundi Otte & Alexander, 1983
  14. Amusurgus oedemeroides (Walker, 1871)
  15. Amusurgus ornatipes (Chopard, 1925)
  16. Amusurgus speculifer Chopard, 1936
  17. Amusurgus tinka Otte & Alexander, 1983
  18. Amusurgus unicolor (Chopard, 1925)
  19. Amusurgus xanthoneurus (Chopard, 1940)
subgenus Usgmona Furukawa, 1970
  1. Amusurgus excavatus Liu, Shi & Zhou, 2015
  2. Amusurgus genji (Furukawa, 1970)

References

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  1. ^ Brunner von Wattenwyl C (1893) Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova 2 13(33): 212.
  2. ^ a b Orthoptera Species File: genus Amusurgus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 22 April 2023).
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