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Macroxiphus

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Macroxiphus is a small genus of bush crickets or katydids distributed in Southeast Asia and Micronesia. The nymphs (immature stages) of the insects mimic ants.

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  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderOrthoptera
  5. FamilyTettigoniidae

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Macroxiphus is a small genus of bush crickets or katydids distributed in Southeast Asia and Micronesia. The nymphs (immature stages) of the insects mimic ants.

==Species== Species include: Macroxiphus nasicornis Pictet, 1888 - type species Macroxiphus sumatranus (Haan, 1843)

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