Brachytrupes

Brachytrupes is a genus of mostly African crickets in the family Gryllidae.

Brachytrupes
Brachytrupes megacephalus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Gryllidae
Tribe: Gryllini
Genus: Brachytrupes
Serville, 1839
Synonyms
  • Brachytrypes Agassiz, 1846
  • Brachytrypus Saussure, 1877

Species[1]
  • Brachytrupes calaharicus (Karny, 1910)
  • Brachytrupes chopardi (Uvarov, 1922)
  • Brachytrupes grandidieri (Saussure, 1877)
  • Brachytrupes megacephalus (Lefèvre, 1827)
  • Brachytrupes membranaceus (Drury, 1773) - type species (as Gryllus membranaceus Drury = B. membranaceus membranaceus)
  • Brachytrupes politus (Bolivar, I., 1890)
  • Brachytrupes testaceus (Karny, 1910)

Note: "Brachytrupes portentosus" (Lichtenstein AAH, 1796)[2] is a synonym of Tarbinskiellus portentosus: found in Asia.[3]

References
  1. Biolib
  2. GBIF: Brachytrupes portentosus (Lichtenstein, A.A.H., 1796)
  3. Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0)
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