Rhaphidophora (insect)

This article is about the camel cricket genus. For the plant in family Araceae, see Rhaphidophora.

Rhaphidophora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Rhaphidophoridae
Tribe: Rhaphidophorini
Genus: Rhaphidophora
Serville, 1838[1]
Type species
Rhaphidophora picea
Serville, 1838
Synonyms
  • Raphidophora Scudder, 1861
  • Rhadiphora Lucas, 1857
  • Rhaphidophorus Haan, 1843

Rhaphidophora is the type genus of camel crickets in the tribe Rhaphidophorini.[2]

The genus comprises over 100 species which can be found in India, China, Japan, Indo-China, Malesia, and Australasia.[2]

  1. ^ Serville (1838[1839]) Histoire naturelle des insectes. Orthoptères 389
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference osf was invoked but never defined (see the help page).