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Scaphura

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Tettigoniidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Orthoptera

Class
  
Insecta

Subfamily
  
Phaneropterinae

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Phaneropterinae, Ensifera, Polistes, Bush crickets, Spider wasp

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Scaphura is a genus of grasshoppers in the sub-family Phaneropteridae of the family Tettigoniidae. Some of the species within Scaphura are Batesian mimics of wasps, for example the type species, Scaphura nigra, is a polymorphic Batesian mimic of wasps of the genus Pepsis and Entypus (Pompilidae) and the potter wasps Polistes (Vespidae). The genus is restricted to South America.

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Species

The following species are included on Scaphura:

  • Scaphura argentina (Hebard, 1931)
  • Scaphura conspurcata Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
  • Scaphura denuda Guérin-Méneville & Percheron, 1836
  • Scaphura edwardsii Westwood, 1828
  • Scaphura elegans (Serville, 1838)
  • Scaphura fasciata Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
  • Scaphura infuscata Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
  • Scaphura lefebvrei (Brullé, 1835)
  • Scaphura marginata (Walker, 1869)
  • Scaphura nigra (Thunberg, 1824)
  • Scaphura obscurata (Stoll, 1813)
  • References

    Scaphura Wikipedia