Oxyrrhepes[1] is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae and subfamily Catantopinae; it is the only genus placed in tribe Oxyrrhepini Tinkham, 1940.

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

The recorded distribution of species includes: Sri Lanka, China, Indo-China and Malesia.[2]

Species

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The Orthoptera Species File lists:

  1. Oxyrrhepes cantonensis Tinkham, 1940 - China
  2. Oxyrrhepes meyeri Willemse, 1936 - Sulawesi
  3. Oxyrrhepes obtusa Haan, 1842 - type species (as Opsomala lineatitarsis Stål) - China, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Malesia

References

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  1. ^ Stål C (1873) Ofv. K. Vetensk. Akad. Forh. 30(4): 53.
  2. ^ Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 24 November 2018)
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  • Photo at Flickr: Oxyrrhepes obtusa by Tyus Ma
  • Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2011). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 24 November 2018.