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Xabea
Sign in to saveXabea is a genus of crickets in the subfamily Oecanthinae and tribe Xabeini. Species can be found in Southeast Asia and Australia.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Xabea is referenced by 1 other article, and connects out to tree cricket, Australia and Animalia.
It is catalogued under topics including Crickets, Ensifera genera and Orthoptera of Asia.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 9
- With media
- 25
- Family
- Gryllidae
- Collections
- ANSP, CLO
- Recorded in
- Malaysia, Papua New Guinea
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Xabea is a genus of crickets in the subfamily Oecanthinae and tribe Xabeini. Species can be found in Southeast Asia and Australia.
==Description== The original paper states that the male has: "Body smooth, shining, very slender. Head fusiform, much elongated, rather shorter than the prothorax and broader than the fore part of the latter. Eyes elongated, rather small, slightly prominent. Palpi slender, filiform; third joint much longer than the second. Antenna; very slender. Prothorax very long, attenuated in front, slightly gibbous near its hind border; sides straight. Cerci less than half the length of the abdomen. Legs very slender, very minutely pubescent; hind femora not inciassated; hind tibiae unarmed; tarsi three-jointed; second joint extremely short; third nearly half the length of the first; claws very small. Fine wings very broad, extending much beyond the abdomen, not reticulated; tympanum very large. Hind wings extending much beyond the fore wings."
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