Dericorys

Dericorys
Dericorys lobata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Dericorythidae
Subfamily: Dericorythinae
Genus: Dericorys
Serville, 1838
Synonyms
  • Corystoderes Bolívar, 1936
  • Cyphophorus Fischer von Waldheim, 1846
  • Dericoris Stål, 1875
  • Dericorystes Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
  • Derocorys Jacobson, 1905
  • Derocorystes Burmeister, 1840

Dericorys is the type genus of grasshoppers of the family Dericorythidae. Species have been recorded from Africa, the Iberian Peninsula, Atlantic islands and western-central Asia.

Two species, D. albidula and D. annulata defoliate Haloxylon in Central Asia and may be called "saxaul locusts" or "saxaul humpbacked grasshoppers"; on the other hand, D. minutus is critically endangered.

Species

The Orthoptera Species File lists:

  1. Dericorys albidula Serville, 1838 - type species
  2. Dericorys annulata Fieber, 1853
  3. Dericorys carthagonovae Bolívar, 1897 - Iberian peninsula
  4. Dericorys cyrtosterna Uvarov, 1933
  5. Dericorys escalerai Bolívar, 1936
  6. Dericorys guichardi Dirsh, 1950
  7. Dericorys johnstoni Uvarov, 1933
  8. Dericorys lobata Brullé, 1840
  9. Dericorys millierei Bonnet & Finot, 1884
  10. Dericorys minutus Chopard, 1954
  11. Dericorys murati Uvarov, 1938
  12. Dericorys philbyi Uvarov, 1933
  13. Dericorys ramachandrai Uvarov, 1933
  14. Dericorys tibialis Pallas, 1773
  15. Dericorys uvarovi Ramme, 1930
  16. Dericorys vitrea Bey-Bienko, 1957
  17. Dericorys xenosterna Uvarov, 1933
  18. Dericorys yemenita Ingrisch, 1999

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