Clonia melanoptera

Clonia (Hemiclonia) melanoptera, the giant black-winged clonia, is a species of predatory bush crickets in the subfamily Saginae. It is found in South Africa.

Clonia melanoptera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Tettigoniidae
Genus:	Clonia
Subgenus:	Hemiclonia
Species:	C. melanoptera
Binomial name
Clonia melanoptera (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Clonia elegans (Blanchard, C.E., 1840) Conocephalus spinigerus Thunberg, 1815 Gryllus azurea Stoll, C., 1813 Gryllus melanopterus Linnaeus, 1758 Saga elegans Blanchard, E. 1840

See also

• Coleoptera in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae
• List of least concern insects

External links

• Data related to Clonia melanoptera at Wikispecies
• "Clonia melanoptera". The Encyclopedia of Life. Archived from the original on 2023-01-01.
• Clonia melanoptera at gbif.org Archived 2016-12-20 at the Wayback Machine