Biology:Steropleurus

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Short description: Genus of cricket-like animals

Steropleurus
Steropleurus andalusius male
Steropleurus andalusius female
Scientific classification e
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Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Arthropoda
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Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: 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 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

  1. Bolívar I (1878) Analecta Orthopterologica. Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural 7: 449 (available at Biblioteca digital).
  2. 2.0 2.1 Orthoptera Species File: genus Steropleurus Bolívar, 1878 (retrieved 8 January 2023)

Wikidata ☰ Q10679503 entry