Tettigonia
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 Tettigonia balcanica Chobanov & Lemonnier-Darcemont, 2014Tettigonia cantans Tettigonia caudata Tettigonia chinensis Willemse, 1933Tettigonia chitralensis Sultana, Panhwar & Wagan, 2015Tettigonia dolichoptera Mori, 1933Tettigonia hispanica Bolívar, 1893Tettigonia ibuki Furukawa, 1938Tettigonia jungi Storozhenko, Kim & Jeon, 2015Tettigonia krugeri Massa, 1998Tettigonia longealata Chopard, 1937Tettigonia longispina Ingrisch, 1983Tettigonia lozanoi Tettigonia macrocephalus Tettigonia macroxipha Tettigonia orientalis Uvarov, 1924Tettigonia savignyi Tettigonia silana Capra, 1936Tettigonia tsushimensis Ogawa, 2003Tettigonia ussuriana Uvarov, 1939Tettigonia uvarovi Ebner, 1946Tettigonia vaucheriana Tettigonia viridissima - type species Tettigonia yama Furukawa, 1938