Steropleurus

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Steropleurus
Steropleurus andalusius male
Steropleurus andalusius female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Bradyporinae
Tribe: Ephippigerini
Genus: Steropleurus
Bolívar, 1878

Steropleurus is a genus of European bush crickets in the tribe Ephippigerini, first described by Ignacio Bolívar in 1878.[1] as Ephippiger (Steropleurus). To date (2022), species have only been recorded from the Iberian peninsula.[2]

Species[edit]

The Orthoptera Species File[2] lists:

  1. Steropleurus andalusius (Rambur, 1838) (2 subspecies)
  2. Steropleurus brunnerii (Bolívar, 1877) - type species (as Ephippiger brunnerii Bolívar)
  3. Steropleurus castellanus (Bolívar, 1878)
  4. Steropleurus flavovittatus (Bolívar, 1878)
  5. Steropleurus obsoletus (Bolívar, 1898)
  6. Steropleurus pseudolus (Bolívar, 1878)
  7. Steropleurus recticarinatus (Llorente del Moral, 1980)

Note: Steropleurus catalaunicus, the Catalan Saddle Bush-cricket, is now Sorapagus catalaunicus (Bolívar, 1898)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Bolívar I (1878) Analecta Orthopterologica. Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural 7: 449 (available at Biblioteca digital).
  2. ^ a b Orthoptera Species File: genus Steropleurus Bolívar, 1878 (retrieved 8 January 2023)

External links[edit]

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