Metiochodes Explained

Metiochodes^[1] is an Asian genus of "sword-tail crickets", in the subfamily Trigonidiinae and the tribe Trigonidiini.^[2]

Species

Metiochodes species are recorded from: Angola, Sri Lanka, the Andaman islands, southern China, Vietnam, Malesia and Australia (distribution is probably incomplete). The Orthoptera Species File^[2] lists:

• Metiochodes acutiparamerus Li, He & Liu, 2010
• Metiochodes annulicercis Chopard, 1962
• Metiochodes australicus Chopard, 1951
• Metiochodes denticulatus Liu & Shi, 2011
• Metiochodes flavescens Chopard, 1932 - type species
• Metiochodes fulvus Chopard, 1940
• Metiochodes gracilus Ma & Pan, 2019
• Metiochodes greeni Chopard, 1925
• Metiochodes karnyi Chopard, 1930
• Metiochodes minor Li, He & Liu, 2010
• Metiochodes ornatus Chopard, 1969
• Metiochodes platycephalus Chopard, 1940
• Metiochodes sikkimensis Bhowmik, 1968
• Metiochodes striatus Bhowmik, 1970
• Metiochodes thankolomara Otte & Alexander, 1983
• Metiochodes tibeticus Li, He & Liu, 2010
• Metiochodes tindalei Chopard, 1951
• Metiochodes trilineatus Chopard, 1936
• Metiochodes truncatus Li, He & Liu, 2010

Notes and References

1. Chopard L (1932) Ark. Zool. 23 A(9): 13.
2. http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1127197 Orthoptera Species File (version 5.0: retrieved 20 August 2020)