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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Scientific classification ![]() | |
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
editA key to most species was given by Uvarov.[3] The Orthoptera Species File includes:[2]
- Euryphymus eremobioides Bolívar, 1889
- Euryphymus exemptus (Walker, 1870)
- Euryphymus haematopus (Linnaeus, 1758) - type species (as Gryllus haematopus Linnaeus, by subsequent designation[4])
- Euryphymus kalahariensis Barker, 1985
- Euryphymus tuberculatus Martínez y Fernández-Castillo, 1898
- Euryphymus xanthocnemis Brancsik, 1897
References
edit- ^ Stål C (1873) Recensio Orthopterorum. Revue critique des Orthoptères décrits par Linné, De Geer et Thunberg 1: 72
- ^ a b Orthoptera Species File (OSF): genus Euryphymus Stål, 1873 (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 3 September 2022)
- ^ Uvarov BP (1922) Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. London 48: 163.
- ^ Kirby WF (1910) A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 3(2): 674 pp.
External links
edit- Images at Inaturalist and of E. haematopus at OSF
- Data related to Euryphymus at Wikispecies