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Tarbinskiellus portentosus
T. portentosus taken in Bogor, Indonesia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Gryllidae
Subfamily:	Gryllinae
Tribe:	Gryllini
Genus:	Tarbinskiellus
Species:	T. portentosus
Binomial name
Tarbinskiellus portentosus (Lichtenstein, 1796)
Synonyms
Acheta portentosa Lichtenstein, 1796 Brachytrypes portentosus (Lichtenstein, 1796) Brachytrupes portentosus (Lichtenstein, 1796) Gryllus (Acheta) achatinus Stoll, 1813 Gryllus (Acheta) fuliginosa Stoll, 1813 Brachytrupes ustulatus Serville, 1838 Liogryllus formosanus Matsumura, 1910

Tarbinskiellus portentosus is the type species of cricket in its Asian genus, which belongs to the tribe Gryllini. This species has been recorded from India, China, Indochina and Malesia; it is called Gangsir in Indonesia. Placed in the subtribe Brachytrupina, for many years this cricket was included in the African genus Brachytrupes, due to the relative size and shape its head.

Gallery

• male, singing
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• song
• female
• head

References

1. Gorochov AV (1983) Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 62(2): 320
2. Lichtenstein AAH (1796) Catalogus Musei zoologici ditissimi Hamburgi, d III (Februar 1796). Auctionis lege distrabendi. Sectio Tertia. Continens Insecta. 222 pp. Hamburg :Schniebes G.F. (Germany).
3. Kirby WF (1906) A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 2: 22. London :Printed by order of the Trustees
4. ^ Karny HH (1915) "Orthoptera et Oothecaria (H.Sauter's Formosa-Ausbeute)". Supplementa Entomologica 4: 56–108.
5. ^ "Tarbinskiellus portentosus (Lichtenstein, 1796)". Orthoptera Species File. Retrieved 20 September 2020.

External links

• Data related to Tarbinskiellus portentosus at Wikispecies
• Media related to Tarbinskiellus portentosus at Wikimedia Commons

• Gryllinae
• Orthoptera of Asia
• Orthoptera of Indo-China
• Taxa named by Anton August Heinrich Lichtenstein