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Steropleurus

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

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Steropleurus
Steropleurus andalusius male
Steropleurus andalusius female
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
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

The Orthoptera Species File2 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

References

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