Paracaloptenus

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Paracaloptenus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Calliptaminae
Genus: Paracaloptenus
Bolívar, 1878
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Paracaloptenus is a genus of Palaearctic grasshoppers in the subfamily Calliptaminae, erected by Ignacio Bolívar in 1878.[1] Records of occurrence are from Spain and France, with a discontinuous (probably incomplete) distribution through to Ukraine and Turkey.[2]

Species[edit]

The Orthoptera Species File[2] lists:

  1. Paracaloptenus bolivari Uvarov, 1942
  2. Paracaloptenus caloptenoides (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1861), subspecies:
    1. P. caloptenoides brunneri (Stål, 1876)
    2. P. caloptenoides caloptenoides (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1861) - type species (as Platyphyma caloptenoides Brunner von Wattenwyl)
    3. P. caloptenoides moreanus Willemse, 1973
  3. Paracaloptenus cristatus Willemse, 1973

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