Platypygius is a genus of Palaearctic grasshoppers in the tribe Epacromiini, erected by Boris Uvarov in 1942.[1] The recorded distribution of species is the Iberian Peninsula though southern Europe to the Caucasus range (distribution may be incomplete).[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Subfamily: | Oedipodinae |
| Tribe: | Epacromiini |
| Genus: | Platypygius Uvarov, 1942 |
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Species
editThe Orthoptera Species File[2] lists:
- Platypygius crassus (Karny, 1907)
- Platypygius platypygius (Pantel, 1886) - type species (as Epacromia platypygia Pantel)
References
edit- ^ Uvarov BP (1942) New and less known southern Palaearctic Orthoptera. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 67(4): 337, 343 [1941].
- ^ a b Orthoptera Species File: genus Platypygius Uvarov, 1942 (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 28 May 2023)
External links
edit- European locusts and their ecology: Platypygius at pyrgus.de
Data related to Epacromiini at Wikispecies
