Brachycrotaphus is a genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Gomphocerinae (unassigned to any tribe), erected by Hermann August Krauss in 1877.[1] Species have been recorded from Africa, southern Europe and India (distribution may be incomplete).[2]
| Brachycrotaphus | |
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| Brachycrotaphus tryxalicerus female | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Subfamily: | Gomphocerinae |
| Genus: | Brachycrotaphus Krauss, 1877 |
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Psectrocnemus Henry, 1940 | |
Species
editThe Orthoptera Species File[2] lists:
- Brachycrotaphus brevis Uvarov, 1938
- Brachycrotaphus buettneri Karsch, 1896
- Brachycrotaphus elgonensis Sjöstedt, 1933
- Brachycrotaphus hoshiarpurensis Singh, 1978
- Brachycrotaphus indicus Uvarov, 1932
- Brachycrotaphus karschi Uvarov, 1926
- Brachycrotaphus kraussi Uvarov, 1932
- Brachycrotaphus latipes (Bolívar, 1905)
- Brachycrotaphus lloydi Uvarov, 1926
- Brachycrotaphus longiceps (Bolívar, 1902)
- Brachycrotaphus longicornis Jago, 1966
- Brachycrotaphus nigericus Chopard, 1947
- Brachycrotaphus rammei Uvarov, 1932
- Brachycrotaphus sjostedti Uvarov, 1932
- Brachycrotaphus tryxalicerus (Fischer, 1853) - type species (as Brachycrotaphus steindachneri Krauss)
References
edit- ^ Krauss HA (1877) [1878] S.B. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Nat. Kl. (Abt. 1) 76(1): 47.
- ^ a b Orthoptera Species File: genus Brachycrotaphus Krauss, 1877 (retrieved 30 December 2022)
External links
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Data related to Brachycrotaphus at Wikispecies
Media related to Brachycrotaphus at Wikimedia Commons
