Scaphura nigra

Scaphura nigra

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Family: Tettigoniidae

Scaphura is a Neotropical genus of bush crickets in the subfamily Phaneropterinae. Some of the species within Scaphura are Batesian mimics of wasps, for example the type species, Scaphura nigra, is a polymorphic Batesian mimic of wasps of the genus Pepsis and Entypus (Pompilidae) and the potter wasps Polistes (Vespidae). The genus is restricted to South America.

Distribution

Scaphura nigra — (c) Reinaldo de Oliveira Elias, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Reinaldo de Oliveira Elias · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Brazil · 200

Sources and credits

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Scaphura nigra

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