Phaneroptera

Phaneroptera
Phaneroptera falcata, male
Female Phaneroptera sp. nymph
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Phaneropterinae
Tribe: Phaneropterini
Genus: Phaneroptera
Serville, 1831
Synonyms

of subgenus Phaneroptera:

  • Anerota Caudell, 1921
  • Dannfeltia Sjöstedt, 1902
  • Euanerota Karny, 1927
  • Paranerota Karny, 1926
  • Phanernotera Liu, 2011

Phaneroptera is an Old World genus of bush crickets in the family Tettigoniidae and is the type genus of the subfamily Phaneropterinae. It was described by Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville in 1831 and species are recorded from Europe, Africa and Asia.