Thaumaspis is a genus of Asian bush crickets belonging to the tribe Meconematini in the subfamily Meconematinae. The known distribution is from India, southern China, and Malesia (Java), but records are probably incomplete.
Species The Orthoptera Species File lists the following subgenera and species:Orthoptera Species File: genus Thaumaspis Bolívar, 1900 (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 11 August 2022) Subgenus Isothaumaspis Thaumaspis forcipatus Subgenus Thaumaspis Thaumaspis castetsi Thaumaspis henanensis Thaumaspis longipes Thaumaspis montanus Thaumaspis siccifolii Thaumaspis trigonurus – type species (locality: Tamil Nadu, India)
The genus Pseudothaumaspis, previously placed here as a subgenus of Thaumaspis, is now considered a separate genus.Gorochov. 1998. New and little known Meconematinae of the tribes Meconematini and Phlugidini (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Zoosystematica Rossica 7(1):115 Other species transferred to other genera include Athaumaspis bifurcatus.
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