Nsenene

Nsenene
Nsenene look-alike (Ruspolia nitidula)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Genus: Ruspolia
Species:
R. differens
Binomial name
Ruspolia differens
(Serville, 1838)
Synonyms
  • Conocephalus albidonervis Redtenbacher, 1891
  • Conocephalus exiguus Stål, 1876
  • Conocephalus lemus Redtenbacher, 1891
  • Conocephalus longipennis Redtenbacher, 1891
  • Conocephalus vicinus Walker, 1869
  • Conocephalus (Homorocoryphus) melanostictus Karny, 1907
  • Homorocoryphus mediotessellatus Karny, 1917

Nsenene is the Luganda name for Ruspolia differens:[1][2] a bush cricket (a.k.a. katydids or misnamed "long-horned grasshoppers") in the tribe Copiphorini of the 'cone-head' subfamily. It is often confused with the closely related Ruspolia nitidula.[3][4]

  1. ^ "species Ruspolia differens (Serville, 1838): Orthoptera Species File". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
  2. ^ Ssepuuya, Geoffrey; Wynants, Enya; Verreth, Christel; Crauwels, Sam; Lievens, Bart; Claes, Johan; Nakimbugwe, Dorothy; Van Campenhout, Leen (2019-02-01). "Microbial characterisation of the edible grasshopper Ruspolia differens in raw condition after wild-harvesting in Uganda". Food Microbiology. 77: 106–117. doi:10.1016/j.fm.2018.09.005. ISSN 0740-0020. PMID 30297041. S2CID 52940781.
  3. ^ Matojo, Nicodemus D.; Hosea, Keneth M. (2013-05-21). "Phylogenetic Relationship of the Longhorn Grasshopper Ruspolia differens Serville (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from Northwest Tanzania Based on 18S Ribosomal Nuclear Sequences". Journal of Insects. 2013: e504285. doi:10.1155/2013/504285. ISSN 2356-7465.
  4. ^ Leonard, Alfonce; Khamis, Fathiya M; Egonyu, James P; Kyamanywa, Samuel; Ekesi, Sunday; Tanga, Chrysantus M; Copeland, Robert S; Subramanian, Sevgan (2020-10-16). Liu, Tong-Xian (ed.). "Identification of Edible Short- and Long-Horned Grasshoppers and Their Host Plants in East Africa". Journal of Economic Entomology. 113 (5): 2150–2162. doi:10.1093/jee/toaa166. ISSN 0022-0493. PMID 33063829.