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Callicrania

Callicrania is a genus of European bush crickets in the tribe Ephippigerini, first described by Ignacio Bolívar in 1898 as "Ephippigera (Callicrania)". To date (2022), species have only been recorded from the Iberian Peninsula.

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Callicrania
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Bradyporinae
Tribe: Ephippigerini
Genus: Callicrania
Bolívar, 1898
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Callicrania is a genus of European bush crickets in the tribe Ephippigerini, first described by Ignacio Bolívar in 18981 as "Ephippigera (Callicrania)". To date (2022), species have only been recorded from the Iberian Peninsula.2

Species

The Orthoptera Species File2 lists:

subgenus Callicrania Bolívar, 1898
  1. Callicrania belarrensis Barat, 2007
  2. Callicrania denticulata Barat, 2007
  3. Callicrania plaxicauda Barat, 2007
  4. Callicrania ramburii (Bolívar, 1878) - type species (as Ephippiger ramburii Bolívar, by subsequent designation3
subgenus Mucrocallicrania Barat, 2007
  1. Callicrania demandae (Schroeter & Pfau, 1987)
  2. Callicrania faberi (Harz, 1975)
  3. Callicrania vicentae Barat, 2007
References

References

  1. Bolívar I (1898) Ann. Sci. Nat. Porto 5: 134,149 (available at www.biodiversitylibrary.org).
  2. Orthoptera Species File: genus Callicrania Bolívar, 1898 (retrieved 8 January 2023)
  3. Barat (2007) Boletín de la SEA 40: 55-118.
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