Brachycrotaphus

Brachycrotaphus
Brachycrotaphus tryxalicerus female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Gomphocerinae
Genus: Brachycrotaphus
Krauss, 1877
Synonyms

Psectrocnemus Henry, 1940

Brachycrotaphus is a genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Gomphocerinae (unassigned to any tribe), erected by Hermann August Krauss in 1877. Species have been recorded from Africa, southern Europe and India (distribution may be incomplete).

Species

The Orthoptera Species File lists:

  1. Brachycrotaphus brevis Uvarov, 1938
  2. Brachycrotaphus buettneri Karsch, 1896
  3. Brachycrotaphus elgonensis Sjöstedt, 1933
  4. Brachycrotaphus hoshiarpurensis Singh, 1978
  5. Brachycrotaphus indicus Uvarov, 1932
  6. Brachycrotaphus karschi Uvarov, 1926
  7. Brachycrotaphus kraussi Uvarov, 1932
  8. Brachycrotaphus latipes (Bolívar, 1905)
  9. Brachycrotaphus lloydi Uvarov, 1926
  10. Brachycrotaphus longiceps (Bolívar, 1902)
  11. Brachycrotaphus longicornis Jago, 1966
  12. Brachycrotaphus nigericus Chopard, 1947
  13. Brachycrotaphus rammei Uvarov, 1932
  14. Brachycrotaphus sjostedti Uvarov, 1932
  15. Brachycrotaphus tryxalicerus (Fischer, 1853) - type species (as Brachycrotaphus steindachneri Krauss)

References

  1. ↑ Krauss HA (1877) [1878] S.B. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Nat. Kl. (Abt. 1) 76(1): 47.
  2. 1 2 Orthoptera Species File: genus Brachycrotaphus Krauss, 1877 (retrieved 30 December 2022)