Biology:Sorapagus

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Short description: Genus of cricket-like animals

Sorapagus
Steropleurus catalaunicus.jpg
Sorapagus catalaunicus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Bradyporinae
Tribe: Ephippigerini
Genus: Sorapagus
Barat, 2012
Synonyms
  • Steropleurus ceretanus Kruseman & Jeekel, 1964
  • Ephippigera catalaunica Bolívar, I. 1907
  • Uromenus (Steropleurus) catalaunicus Bolívar, I. 1907

Sorapagus is a monotypic genus of bush crickets in the tribe Ephippigerini, erected by J. Barat in 2012.[1] The single species had long been placed in the genus Steropleurus.[2]

Species

The Orthoptera Species File[3] only includes Sorapagus catalaunicus (Bolívar, 1898) in this genus. It is endemic to the Pyrénées mountain range and sometimes called the Catalan saddle bush-cricket.

References

  1. Barat J (2012) Revisión preliminar de los géneros de Ephippigerini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Bradyporinae). Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 50: 47.
  2. Burr (1910) Synopsis of the Orthoptera of Western Europe 122, 124
  3. Orthoptera Species File: genus Sorapagus Barat, 2012 (retrieved 8 January 2023)

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q14366422 entry