Psorodonotus is a genus of Palaearctic bush crickets in the tribe Pholidopterini, erected by Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl in 1861.[1]

Psorodonotus
P. fieberi subsp. macedonicus
P. fieberi male
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Tettigoniinae
Tribe: Pholidopterini
Genus: Psorodonotus
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1861
Synonyms
  • Peltastes Fischer von Waldheim, 1839
  • Semenovites Tarbinsky, 1932

Species in this genus inhabit humid montane meadows from south-eastern Europe to central Asia (distribution probably incomplete).[2]

Species

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The Orthoptera Species File[2] lists:

species group caucasicus (Fischer von Waldheim, 1846)
  1. Psorodonotus anatolicus Karabag, 1952
  2. Psorodonotus caucasicus (Fischer von Waldheim, 1846)
  3. Psorodonotus ebneri Karabag, 1952
  4. Psorodonotus fieberi (Frivaldszky, 1853) - type species (as Pterolepis fieberi Frivaldszky, by subsequent designation[3])
  5. Psorodonotus illyricus Ebner, 1923
  6. Psorodonotus macedonicus Ramme, 1931
  7. Psorodonotus salmani Ünal, 2013
  8. Psorodonotus suphani Taylan & Sirin, 2014
species group specularis (Fischer von Waldheim, 1839)
  1. Psorodonotus davisi Karabag, 1957
  2. Psorodonotus giresun Kaya & Çiplak, 2014
  3. Psorodonotus inflatus Uvarov, 1912
  4. Psorodonotus soganli Ünal, 2013
  5. Psorodonotus specularis (Fischer von Waldheim, 1839)
species group venosus (Fischer von Waldheim, 1839)
  1. Psorodonotus hakkari Kaya, Korkmaz & Çiplak, 2013
  2. Psorodonotus rugulosus Karabag, 1952
  3. Psorodonotus tendurek Kaya, Korkmaz & Çiplak, 2013
  4. Psorodonotus venosus (Fischer von Waldheim, 1839)

References

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  1. ^ Brunner von Wattenwyl C (1861) Verh. der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellsch. Wien 11: 290.
  2. ^ a b Orthoptera Species File: genus Psorodonotus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1861 (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 21 May 2023)
  3. ^ Herman O (1874) Verh. der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellsch. Wien 24: 191-210, Taf. III-VI [200, 208]
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