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).Gorochov AV (1993) Zoosystematica Rossica 2(1): 70. link to AVG papers Species also have been described previously in Kuzicus (Macroteraturus)Liu X-W (2004) In Liu, X.-W. & Haisheng Yin. Orthoptera: Tettigonioidea and Stenopelmatoidea. Insects from Mt. Shiwandashan Area of Guangxi 102. before being placed in this genus in 2020;Jin X, Liu X-W, Hanqiang Wang (2020) Zootaxa 4772(1): 42. records are from China and Vietnam (but the known distribution may be incomplete).
Species The Orthoptera Species File lists the following species:Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 22 August 2022) subgenus Macroteratura Gorochov, 1993 Macroteratura inospina Chen, Cui & Chang, 2020 Macroteratura megafurcula (Tinkham, 1944)- type species (as Xiphidiopsis megafurcula Tinkham); locality: Maan Chi Shan, Guangdong, SE China Macroteratura sinica (Bey-Bienko, 1957) Macroteratura thrinaca (Qiu & Shi, 2010) subgenus Stenoteratura Gorochov, 1993 Macroteratura bhutanica (Ingrisch, 2002) Macroteratura janetscheki (Bey-Bienko, 1968) Macroteratura kryzhanovskii (Bey-Bienko, 1957) Macroteratura twinsloba Liu, 2020 Macroteratura yunnanea (Bey-Bienko, 1957)
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