Thaumaspis

Thaumaspis is a genus of Asian bush crickets belonging to the tribe Meconematini in the subfamily Meconematinae. The known distribution is from India, southern China, and Malesia (Java), but records are probably incomplete.^[2]

Thaumaspis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Tettigoniidae
Tribe:	Meconematini
Genus:	Thaumaspis Bolívar, 1900[1]
Type species
Thaumaspis trigonurus Bolívar, 1900

Species

The Orthoptera Species File lists the following subgenera and species:^[2]

Subgenus Isothaumaspis Gorochov, 1993

1. Thaumaspis forcipatus Bolívar, 1900

Subgenus Thaumaspis Bolívar, 1900

1. Thaumaspis castetsi Gorochov, 1993
2. Thaumaspis henanensis Liu & Wang, 1998
3. Thaumaspis longipes Bolívar, 1900
4. Thaumaspis montanus Bey-Bienko, 1957
5. Thaumaspis siccifolii (Karny, 1922)
6. Thaumaspis trigonurus Bolívar, 1900 – type species (locality: Tamil Nadu, India)

The genus Pseudothaumaspis, previously placed here as a subgenus of Thaumaspis, is now considered a separate genus.^[3][4] Other species transferred to other genera include Athaumaspis bifurcatus.