Tarbinskiellus portentosus

Phylum:Arthropoda

Class:Insecta

Order:Orthoptera

Suborder:Ensifera

Tarbinskiellus portentosus
T. portentosus taken in Bogor, Indonesia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Gryllidae
Subfamily:	Gryllinae
Tribe:	Gryllini
Genus:	Tarbinskiellus
Species:	T. portentosus
Binomial name
Tarbinskiellus portentosus (Lichtenstein, 1796)[1]
Synonyms[2]
Acheta portentosa Lichtenstein, 1796[3]: 85  Brachytrypes portentosus (Lichtenstein, 1796)[4] Brachytrupes portentosus (Lichtenstein, 1796)[5]: 72  Gryllus (Acheta) achatinus Stoll, 1813 Gryllus (Acheta) fuliginosa Stoll, 1813 Brachytrupes ustulatus Serville, 1838 Liogryllus formosanus Matsumura, 1910

Tarbinskiellus portentosus is the type species of cricket in its Asian genus, which belongs to the tribe Gryllini. This species has been recorded from India, China, Indochina and Malesia;^[2] it is called Gangsir in Indonesia. Placed in the subtribe Brachytrupina, for many years this cricket was included in the African genus Brachytrupes,^[5] due to the relative size and shape of its head.