Macroteratura

Macroteratura is a genus of Asian bush crickets belonging to the tribe Meconematini in the subfamily Meconematinae. The genus was erected by AV Gorochov in 1993 as a subgenus of Teratura (Macroteratura).^[1] Species also have been described previously in Kuzicus (Macroteraturus)^[2] before being placed in this genus in 2020;^[3] records are from China and Vietnam (but the known distribution may be incomplete).^[4]

Macroteratura
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Tettigoniidae
Subfamily:	Meconematinae
Tribe:	Meconematini
Genus:	Macroteratura Gorochov, 1993
Synonyms
Macroteraturus Liu & Yin, 2004 Macroteratura (Macroteratura) Gorochov, 1993 Macroteratura (Stenoteratura) Gorochov, 1993

Species

The Orthoptera Species File lists the following species:^[4]

subgenus Macroteratura Gorochov, 1993

1. Macroteratura inospina Chen, Cui & Chang, 2020
2. Macroteratura megafurcula (Tinkham, 1944)
   - type species (as Xiphidiopsis megafurcula Tinkham); locality: Maan Chi Shan, Guangdong, SE China
3. Macroteratura sinica (Bey-Bienko, 1957)
4. Macroteratura thrinaca (Qiu & Shi, 2010)

subgenus Stenoteratura Gorochov, 1993

1. Macroteratura bhutanica (Ingrisch, 2002)
2. Macroteratura janetscheki (Bey-Bienko, 1968)
3. Macroteratura kryzhanovskii (Bey-Bienko, 1957)
4. Macroteratura twinsloba Liu, 2020
5. Macroteratura yunnanea (Bey-Bienko, 1957)