Saga (bush cricket)

Saga[1] is a genus of bush crickets or katydids containing around 15 species as of 2018.[2] It is the only genus in the tribe Sagini[3] and belongs to the subfamily Saginae. Species have been recorded from mainland Europe and western Asia.[2]

Saga
Saga pedo laying eggs in soil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Saginae
Tribe: Sagini
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
Genus: Saga
Charpentier, 1825
Type species
Saga pedo (as Locusta serrata)
Fabricius, 1793
Synonyms

Tettigopsis Fischer von Waldheim, 1830

Species

Species include:[2]

  • Saga beieri Kaltenbach, 1967
  • Saga campbelli Uvarov, 1921
  • Saga cappadocica Werner, 1903
  • Saga ephippigera Fischer von Waldheim, 1846
  • Saga gracilis Kis, 1962
  • Saga hakkarica Sirin & Taylan, 2019
  • Saga hellenica Kaltenbach, 1967
  • Saga ledereri Saussure, 1888
  • Saga longicaudata Krauss, 1879
  • Saga natoliae Serville, 1838
  • Saga ornata Burmeister, 1838
  • Saga pedo (Pallas, 1771)
  • Saga puella Werner, 1901
  • Saga quadrisignata Philippi, 1863
  • Saga rammei Kaltenbach, 1965
  • Saga rhodiensis Salfi, 1929

References

  1. de Charpentier T (1825) Horae entomologicae, adjectis tabulis novem coloratis 95.
  2. Cigliano, M. M.; Braun, H.; Eades, D. C.; Otte, D. "genus Saga Charpentier, 1825". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Orthoptera Species File. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  3. Cigliano, M. M.; Braun, H.; Eades, D. C.; Otte, D. "tribe Sagini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Orthoptera Species File. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
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