Sanaa imperialis
Sanaa imperialis is a species of bush cricket (or katydid) found in the tropical forests of South and Southeast Asia. It was described originally by Adam White from a specimen obtained from Sylhet in Bangladesh. The description was published in 1846 and it was given the name Locusta imperialis.[2] It was moved into the genus Sanaa by Francis Walker in 1870.[3]
| Sanaa imperialis | |
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| Illustration from the Cabinet of Oriental Entomology (1848) by J. O. Westwood with Sanaa imperialis (at centre) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Tettigoniidae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudophyllinae |
| Supertribe: | Pseudophylliti |
| Tribe: | Cymatomerini |
| Genus: | Sanaa |
| Species: | S. imperialis |
| Binomial name | |
| Sanaa imperialis (White, 1846) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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References
- Orthoptera Species File
- White, A. (1846). "Descriptions of some apparently new species of Orthopterous and Homopterous insects". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 18 (116): 23–24.
- Walker, F. 1870. Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum 3:438
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