Euryphymus is the type genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Euryphyminae, erected by Carl Stål in 1873 as a subgenus of "Calliptenus" (Euryphymus).[1] Species have been recorded from southern Africa and Madagascar (although the known distribution may be incomplete).[2]

Euryphymus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Euryphyminae
Genus: Euryphymus
Stål, 1873
Synonyms

Ostracina Saussure, 1888

Species

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A key to most species was given by Uvarov.[3] The Orthoptera Species File includes:[2]

  1. Euryphymus eremobioides Bolívar, 1889
  2. Euryphymus exemptus (Walker, 1870)
  3. Euryphymus haematopus (Linnaeus, 1758) - type species (as Gryllus haematopus Linnaeus, by subsequent designation[4])
  4. Euryphymus kalahariensis Barker, 1985
  5. Euryphymus tuberculatus Martínez y Fernández-Castillo, 1898
  6. Euryphymus xanthocnemis Brancsik, 1897

References

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  1. ^ Stål C (1873) Recensio Orthopterorum. Revue critique des Orthoptères décrits par Linné, De Geer et Thunberg 1: 72
  2. ^ a b Orthoptera Species File (OSF): genus Euryphymus Stål, 1873 (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 3 September 2022)
  3. ^ Uvarov BP (1922) Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. London 48: 163.
  4. ^ Kirby WF (1910) A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 3(2): 674 pp.
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