Tettigonia is a genus of insect

Insect

Insects are a class of living creatures within the arthropods that have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body , three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes, and two antennae...

 described by Linnaeus in 1758, belonging to the family Tettigoniidae

Tettigoniidae

The family Tettigoniidae, known in American English as katydids and in British English as bush-crickets, contains more than 6,400 species. It is part of the suborder Ensifera and the only family in the superfamily Tettigonioidea. They are also known as long-horned grasshoppers, although they are...

, subfamily Tettigoniinae

Tettigoniinae

The subfamily Tettigoniinae, also called shield-backed katydids, contains hundreds of species, with 123 in North America. It is part of the family Tettigoniidae.-Examples:...

. The Latin name Tettigonia derives from the Greek τεττιξ, meaning cicada.

It includes quite large insects, with a massive body, green or brownish color, with long hind legs.

The species of Tettigonia are present in Europe

Europe

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, in North Africa

North Africa

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 and in Asia

Asia

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This genus contains the following species:

Species

• Tettigonia acutipennis Ebner, 1946
• Tettigonia cantans
  Tettigonia cantans
  Tettigonia cantans is a species of 'katydids crickets' belonging to the family Tettigoniidae subfamily Tettigoniinae.This cricket is present in most of Europe, in eastern Palearctic ecozone, in Near East and in North Africa....
  
  (Fuessly, 1775)
• Tettigonia caudata (Charpentier, 1842)
• Tettigonia chinensis Willemse, 1933
• Tettigonia dolichoptera Mori, 1933
• Tettigonia hispanica Bolívar, 1893
• Tettigonia ibuki Furukawa, 1938
• Tettigonia krugeri Massa, 1998
• Tettigonia longealata Chopard, 1937
• Tettigonia longispina Ingrisch, 1983
• Tettigonia lozanoi (Bolívar, 1914)
• Tettigonia macrocephalus (Fischer von Waldheim, 1846)
• Tettigonia macroxipha (Bolívar, 1914)
• Tettigonia orientalis Uvarov, 1924
• Tettigonia savignyi (Lucas, 1849)
• Tettigonia silana Capra, 1936
• Tettigonia tsushimensis Ogawa, 2003
• Tettigonia turcica Ramme, 1951
• Tettigonia ussuriana Uvarov, 1939
• Tettigonia vaucheriana (Pictet, 1888)
• Tettigonia viridissima
  Tettigonia viridissima
  Tettigonia viridissima, the Great Green Bush-Cricket, is a species of 'katydids crickets' belonging to the family Tettigoniidae subfamily Tettigoniinae. This species can be encountered from the Europe to Mongolia, especially in meadows, grasslands, prairies and occasionally in gardens The adult...
  
  (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Tettigonia yama Furukawa, 1938