Scaphura is a Neotropical genus of bush crickets in the subfamily Phaneropterinae. Some of the species within Scaphura are Batesian mimics of wasps,[2] for example the type species, Scaphura nigra,[1] is a polymorphic Batesian mimic of wasps of the genus Pepsis and Entypus (Pompilidae) and the potter wasps Polistes (Vespidae).[3] The genus is restricted to South America.[1] Another genus of Neotropical phaneropterine bush crickets, Aganacris, also are Batesian mimics of wasps.[4]
| Scaphura | |
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| Scaphura nigra | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Tettigoniidae |
| Subfamily: | Phaneropterinae |
| Genus: | Scaphura Kirby, 1825[1] |
Species
editThe following species are included on Scaphura:[1]
- Scaphura argentina (Hebard, 1931)
- Scaphura conspurcata Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
- Scaphura denuda Guérin-Méneville & Percheron, 1836
- Scaphura edwardsii Westwood, 1828
- Scaphura elegans (Serville, 1838)
- Scaphura fasciata Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
- Scaphura infuscata Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
- Scaphura lefebvrei (Brullé, 1835)
- Scaphura marginata (Walker, 1869)
- Scaphura nigra (Thunberg, 1824)
- Scaphura obscurata (Stoll, 1813)
References
edit- ^ a b c d "genus Scaphura Kirby, 1825". Eades, D.C.; D. Otte; M.M. Cigliano & H. Braun. Orthoptera Species File. Version 5.0/5.0. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
- ^ Herrel, Anthony; Speck, Thomas (2006). Ecology and Biomechanics: A Mechanical Approach to the Ecology of Animals and Plants. CRC Press. ISBN 0849332095.
- ^ Mesa, Alejo; Fontanetti, Carmen Silvia; Ferreira, Amilton (2010). "The chromosomes and the sex determining mechanism of Scaphura nigra (Orthoptera, Ensifera, Tettigoniidae, Phaneropterinae)". Journal of Orthoptera Research. 19 (2): 239–242.
- ^ ter Hofstede, H.; et al. (2017). "Revisiting adaptations of Neotropical katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) to gleaning bat predation". Neotrop Biodivers. 3 (1): 41–49. doi:10.1080/23766808.2016.1272314. PMC 5312797.