# Zabalius

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Genus of cricket-like animals

Zabalius Zabalius aridus female, ventral aspect Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Clade: Pancrustacea Class: Insecta Order: Orthoptera Suborder: Ensifera Family: Tettigoniidae Subfamily: Pseudophyllinae Tribe: Pseudophyllini Genus: Zabalius (Bolívar, 1886) Synonyms Mataeus Karsch, 1890 Phyllotribonia Pictet & Saussure, 1892

***Zabalius***[1] is a genus of [bush crickets or katydids](/source/Tettigoniidae) in the subfamily [Pseudophyllinae](/source/Pseudophyllinae). Its distribution is essentially Afrotropical.[2] They are generally heavily built, tree-dwelling herbivorous katydids, capable of flight.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

*Zabalius aridus*. Note external ear slits on anterior [tibia](/source/Arthropod_leg)

## Species

The *Orthoptera Species File* includes:[2]

- *[Zabalius albifasciatus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zabalius_albifasciatus&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Karsch, 1896)

- *[Zabalius apicalis](/source/Zabalius_apicalis)* (Bolívar, 1886)

- *[Zabalius aridus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zabalius_aridus&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Walker, 1869)

- *[Zabalius centralis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zabalius_centralis&action=edit&redlink=1)* Beier, 1957

- *[Zabalius congicus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zabalius_congicus&action=edit&redlink=1)* Beier, 1954

- *[Zabalius girardi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zabalius_girardi&action=edit&redlink=1)* Beier, 1973

- *[Zabalius lineolatus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zabalius_lineolatus&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Stål, 1873) - **type species** (as *Mustius guineensis* Bolívar)

- *[Zabalius ophthalmicus](/source/Zabalius_ophthalmicus)* (Walker, 1869)

- *[Zabalius robustus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zabalius_robustus&action=edit&redlink=1)* Beier, 1954

- *[Zabalius verruculosus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zabalius_verruculosus&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Pictet & Saussure, 1892)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Bolívar I (1886) In: Ossorio Fernando Póo y el Golfo de Guinea. Apuntes de un viaje. *An. Soc. Espan. Hist. Nat.* 15: 346.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-osf_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-osf_2-1) Cigliano, M. M.; Braun, H.; Eades, D. C.; Otte, D. ["genus *Zabalius* Bolívar, 1886"](http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1140569). *orthoptera.speciesfile.org*. Orthoptera Species File. Retrieved 1 January 2019.

Taxon identifiers Zabalius Wikidata: Q8063432 CoL: 8P2ZX EoL: 46022 GBIF: 1693511 iNaturalist: 434480 IRMNG: 1025328 NCBI: 1395763 Open Tree of Life: 3487582 Orthoptera Species File (old): 1140569

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