Phaesticus is a genus of Asian groundhoppers (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae), erected by Boris Uvarov in 1940Uvarov BP (1940) Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. 11 6: 115. and now placed in the new (2025) tribe Xistrellini. Species are found in sourhern China (including Hainan), Indochina and Malesia.
Species The Orthoptera Species File lists:Orthoptera Species File (retrieved 14 February 2026) Phaesticus hainanensis Liang, 1988 Phaesticus mellerborgi (Stål, 1855) - type species (as Tettix mellerborgi Stål). Synonyms include: Phaesticus azemii ; P. carinatus Zheng, 1998; P. insularis ; P. sumatrensis ; P. uvarovi ; type locality Java. Phaesticus moniliantennatus (Günther, 1940) - China, Vietnam
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