Oedipoda

Oedipoda is the type genus of grasshoppers, in the subfamily Oedipodinae, mostly from the Palaearctic realm. The type species is the European "blue-winged grasshopper", Oedipoda caerulescens.

Oedipoda
Oedipoda caerulescens
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Subfamily:	Oedipodinae
Tribe:	Oedipodini
Genus:	Oedipoda Latreille, 1829
Synonyms
Aedipoda Le Guillou, 1841 Ctyphippus Bolívar, 1876 Ctypohippus Fieber, 1852 Eusternum Wesmaël, 1838

Species

The Orthoptera Species File lists:

species group caerulescens (Linnaeus, 1758)

1. Oedipoda caerulescens (Linnaeus, 1758)
2. Oedipoda canariensis Krauss, 1892
3. Oedipoda charpentieri Fieber, 1853
4. Oedipoda miniata (Pallas, 1771)
5. Oedipoda schochii Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1884

species group germanica (Latreille, 1804)

1. Oedipoda aurea Uvarov, 1923
2. Oedipoda coerulea Saussure, 1884
3. Oedipoda fuscocincta Lucas, 1847
4. Oedipoda germanica (Latreille, 1804)
5. Oedipoda venusta Fieber, 1853

species group not determined

1. Oedipoda cynthiae Fontana, Buzzetti & Massa, 2019
2. Oedipoda discessa Steinmann, 1965
3. Oedipoda fedtschenki Saussure, 1884 (2 subspecies)
4. Oedipoda himalayana Uvarov, 1925
5. Oedipoda infumata Bey-Bienko, 1949
6. Oedipoda jaxartensis Uvarov, 1912
7. Oedipoda kurda Descamps, 1967
8. Oedipoda ledereri Saussure, 1888
9. Oedipoda liturata Le Guillou, 1841- southwestern Pacific
10. Oedipoda maculata Le Guillou, 1841 - Sulawesi
11. Oedipoda muchei Harz, 1978
12. Oedipoda neelumensis Mahmood & Yousuf, 1999
13. Oedipoda pernix Steinmann, 1965
14. Oedipoda tincta Walker, 1870
15. Oedipoda turkestanica Steinmann, 1965

† extinct species

1. †Oedipoda germari Heer, 1865
2. †Oedipoda haidingeri Heer, 1865
3. †Oedipoda longipennis Poncrácz, 1928
4. †Oedipoda nigrofasciolata Heer, 1849
5. †Oedipoda oeningensis Heer, 1849
6. †Oedipoda pulchra Poncrácz, 1928

External links

• Media related to Oedipoda at Wikimedia Commons