Sanaa imperialis | |
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Illustration from the Cabinet of Oriental Entomology (1848) by J. O. Westwood with Sanaa imperialis (at centre) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Ensifera |
Family: | Tettigoniidae |
Subfamily: | Pseudophyllinae |
Supertribe: | Pseudophylliti |
Tribe: | Cymatomerini |
Genus: | Sanaa |
Species: | S. imperialis
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Binomial name | |
Sanaa imperialis (White, 1846)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Sanaa imperialis is a species of bush cricket (or katydid) found in the tropical forests of South and Southeast Asia. It was described originally by Adam White from a specimen obtained from Sylhet in Bangladesh. The description was published in 1846 and it was given the name Locusta imperialis.[2] It was moved into the genus Sanaa by Francis Walker in 1870.[3]