Saga | |
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Saga pedo laying eggs in soil | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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
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Synonyms | |
Tettigopsis Fischer von Waldheim, 1830 |
Saga[1] is a genus of bush crickets or katydids containing around 15 species as of 2018[update].[2] It is the only genus in the tribe Sagini[3] and belongs to the subfamily Saginae. Species have been recorded from southern Europe and western and central Asia.[2]