Tettigonia is the type genus of bush crickets belonging to the subfamily Tettigoniinae. The scientific name Tettigonia is onomatopoeic and derives from the Greek τεττιξ, meaning cicada.
Species of this genus are typically quite large insects, with relatively massive bodies, green or brownish colour and long hindlegs. For example, great green bush-crickets, the type species described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae, are the largest Orthopterans in the British Isles.
Most Tettigonia species are present in Europe, North Africa and the Asian mainland, apart from Tettigonia orientalis which occurs in Japan.
Species The Orthoptera Species File lists:
Tettigonia armeniaca Tarbinsky, 1940 (synonyms T. acutipennis Ebner, 1946; T. turcica Ramme, 1951) Tettigonia balcanica Chobanov & Lemonnier-Darcemont, 2014 Tettigonia cantans (Fuessly, 1775) Tettigonia caudata (Charpentier, 1842) Tettigonia chinensis Willemse, 1933 Tettigonia chitralensis Sultana, Panhwar & Wagan, 2015 Tettigonia dolichoptera Mori, 1933 Tettigonia hispanica Bolívar, 1893 Tettigonia ibuki Furukawa, 1938 Tettigonia jungi Storozhenko, Kim & Jeon, 2015 Tettigonia krugeri Massa, 1998 Tettigonia longealata Chopard, 1937 Tettigonia longispina Ingrisch, 1983 Tettigonia lozanoi (Bolívar, 1914) Tettigonia macrocephalus (Fischer von Waldheim, 1846) Tettigonia macroxipha (Bolívar, 1914) Tettigonia orientalis Uvarov, 1924 Tettigonia savignyi (Lucas, 1849) Tettigonia silana Capra, 1936 Tettigonia tsushimensis Ogawa, 2003 Tettigonia ussuriana Uvarov, 1939 Tettigonia uvarovi Ebner, 1946 Tettigonia vaucheriana (Pictet, 1888) Tettigonia viridissima (Linnaeus, 1758) - type species (as Gryllus viridissimus L.) Tettigonia yama Furukawa, 1938
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See also List of Orthopteroid genera containing species recorded in Europe
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