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Oedaleus

Oedaleus is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae and tribe Locustini.

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Oedaleus
Oedaleus infernalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Oedipodinae
Tribe: Locustini
Genus: Oedaleus
Fieber, 18531
Synonyms
  • Microgastrimargus Lee & Park, 1992
  • Oedalius Sjöstedt, 1920
  • Oedalus Voisin, 2003

Oedaleus is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae and tribe Locustini.2

Species

The Orthoptera Species File2 lists the following species:

  1. Oedaleus abruptus (Thunberg, 1815)
  2. Oedaleus australis Saussure, 1888
  3. Oedaleus bimaculatus Zheng & Gong, 2001
  4. Oedaleus carvalhoi Bolívar, 1889
  5. Oedaleus cnecosopodius Zheng, 2000
  6. Oedaleus decorus (Germar, 1825)
  7. Oedaleus flavus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  8. Oedaleus formosanus (Shiraki, 1910)
  9. Oedaleus hyalinus Zheng & Mao, 1997
  10. Oedaleus infernalis Saussure, 1884
  11. Oedaleus inornatus Schulthess, 1898
  12. Oedaleus instillatus Burr, 1900
  13. Oedaleus interruptus (Kirby, 1902)
  14. Oedaleus johnstoni Uvarov, 1941
  15. Oedaleus kaohsiungensis Yin, Ye & Dang, 2015
  16. Oedaleus manjius Chang, 1939
  17. Oedaleus miniatus Uvarov, 1930
  18. Oedaleus nadiae Ritchie, 1981
  19. Oedaleus nantouensis Yin, Ye & Dang, 2015
  20. Oedaleus nigeriensis Uvarov, 1926
  21. Oedaleus nigripennis Zheng, 2005
  22. Oedaleus nigrofasciatus (De Geer, 1773) - type species (as Acrydium nigrofasciatum De Geer)
  23. Oedaleus obtusangulus Uvarov, 1936
  24. Oedaleus plenus (Walker, 1870)
  25. Oedaleus rosescens Uvarov, 1942
  26. Oedaleus senegalensis (Krauss, 1877)
  27. Oedaleus virgula (Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1869)
  28. Oedaleus xiai Yin, Ye & Dang, 2015
  • O. decorus (female, France)
    O. decorus (female, France)
  • O. infernalis
    O. infernalis
  • O. nigeriensis
    O. nigeriensis
  • O. senegalensis (male, Niger)
    O. senegalensis (male, Niger)
  • O. senegalensis nymph
    O. senegalensis nymph
References

References

  1. Fieber FX (1853) Synopsis der europaischen Orthopteren. Lotus (Prag), vol. 3.
  2. Orthoptera Species File: genus Oedaleus Fieber, 1853 (11 January 2026)
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