Oryctopterus

Oryctopterus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Stenopelmatidae
Subfamily: Stenopelmatinae
Tribe: Oryctopterini
Gorochov, 1988
Genus: Oryctopterus
Karny, 1937

Oryctopterus is a genus of Orthopteran insects in the subfamily Stenopelmatinae and is the only genus in the tribe Oryctopterini. Species have been recorded from India and Sri Lanka.

Species

The Orthoptera Species File lists:

  1. Oryctopterus lagenipes (Karny, 1935) - type species (as Oryctopus lagenipes Karny, locality Sri Lanka)
  2. Oryctopterus varuna Hiremath & Prathapan, 2021
  3. Oryctopterus yeshwanthi Hiremath & Prathapan, 2021

References

  1. ↑ Karny HH (1937) Genera Insectorum 206: 40.
  2. ↑ Gorochov AV (1988) Zool. Zhur. 67(4): 522.
  3. 1 2 Oryctopterus Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 29 July 2022)