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Genus

Rhacocleis Fieber, 1853

Type

type species by subsequent designation of Rhacocleis Fieber, 1853

Nomenclature (37)

  • Rhacocleis Fieber, 1853: 148. (valid)

    type species by subsequent designation Rhacocleis annulatus Fieber, 1853 in Kirby, 1906

  • Rhacocleis Fieber, 1853 in Frivaldszky, 1868: 84, 117.
  • Rhacocleis Fieber, 1853 in Barataud, 2018: 24.
  • Rhacocleis Fieber, 1853 in Kotitsa, Chobanov, Trichas & Mylonas, 2025: 161.

References (37)

  • Fieber, F.X. (1853) Synopsis der europäischen Orthoptera mit besonderer Rücksicht auf die in Böhmen vorkommenden Arten. Lotos, Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaften. Herausgegeben vom naturhistorischen Vereine Lotos in Prag, 3, 90–104, 115–129, 138–154, 168–176, 184–188, 201–207, 232–238, 252–261. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/42805#page/108/mode/1up
  • Frivaldszky, J. (1868) Monographia Orthopterorum Hungariae. Magyar Akad. Nyomdásznál, Budapest, 1–201, 7 pls. [1867; in Hungarian] Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=YhYYAAAAYAAJ
  • Herman, O. (1874) Die Decticiden der Brunner von Wattenwyl'schen Sammlung. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 24, 191–210, Taf. III-VI. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95525#page/291/mode/1up
  • Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1882) Prodromus der europäischen Orthopteren. Engelmann, Leipzig, XXXII + 466 pp., XI tab. Available at http://www.zobodat.at/publikation_volumes.php?id=35024
  • Finot, P.A.P. (1890) Insectes Orthoptères. Thysanoures et Othoptères proprement dits. In Faune de la France. Fontainebleau & Paris. 322 pp., 13 pls. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/34015
  • Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1893) Révision du système des Orthoptères et déscription des espèces rapportées par M. Leonardo Fea de Birmanie. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, 13(33), 1–230. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/25035
  • Redtenbacher, J. (1900) Die Dermapteren und Orthopteren (Ohrwürmer und Geradflügler) von Österreich-Ungarn und Deutschland. Wien, 148 pp. Available at http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/MON-E-ORTH_0004_0001-0148.pdf
  • Tümpel, R. (1901) Die Geradflügler Mitteleuropas. Eisenach, 308 pp. [1898]
  • Bolívar, I. (1905) Sobre algunos decticinos africanos. Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, 5, 343–348. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/17794#page/349/mode/1up
  • Jacobson, G.G. & Bianchi, V.L. (1905) Orthopteroid and Pseudoneuropteroid Insects of Russian Empire and adjacent countries. Devrien Publ., St. Petersburg, i–xii, 1–952, pls 1–25. [1902]
  • Kirby, W.F. (1906) Orthoptera Saltatoria. Part I. (Achetidae et Phasgonuridae). In A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London. Vol. 2, i-viii, 1–562. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29662
  • Burr, M. (1907) Synopsis of the Orthoptera of western Europe (continued from vol. 18, p. 329). The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation, 19, 18–21, 37–39, 68–71, 115–119, 137–142, 167–171, 237–239, 298–301. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/36042#page/28/mode/1up
  • Caudell, A.N. (1908) Orthoptera Fam. Locustidae. Subfam. Decticinae. In Genera Insectorum. P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles. Vol. 72, 1–43 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105244#page/339/mode/1up
  • Chopard, L. (1922) Orthoptères et dermaptères. In Faune de France. Fédération Française des Sociétés de Sciences Naturelles, Paris. Vol. 3, 212 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1093568
  • Salfi, M. (1924) Studi sulla ortotterofauna italiana I. Il genere Rhacocleis Fieber 1853 (Phasgonuridae, Decticinae). Monitore Zoologico Italiano, 35(2), 43–47.
  • Ramme, W. (1927) Die Dermapteren und Orthopteren Siziliens und Kretas, mit kritischen Beiträgen und Revision aus den Gattungen Hololampra Sauss., Acrometopa Fieb., Pholidoptera Br., Platycleis Fieb., u.a. Eos, Revista española de Entomología, 3, 111–200. Available at http://digital.csic.es/handle/10261/138731
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1934) Studies in the Orthoptera of Turkey, Iraq and Syria. Eos, Revista española de Entomología, 10, 21–119. Available at http://digital.csic.es/handle/10261/143939
  • Werner, F. (1937) Ergebnisse der vierten zoologischen Forschungsreise in die Ägäis (1936). Sitzungsberichte der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse (Abt. 1), 146, 89–118.
  • Morales-Agacino, E. (1940) Sobre el género Rhacocleis (Orth. Tett.). In VI Congreso Internacional de Entomología Madrid. 87–92, pl. 4.
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1942) New and less known southern Palaearctic Orthoptera. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 67(4), 303–361. [1941] Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4277_003#page/63/mode/1up
  • Chopard, L. (1951) Orthoptéroïdes. In Faune de France. Fédération Française des Sociétés de Sciences Naturelles, Paris. Vol. 56, 359 pp. Available at http://faunedefrance.org/bibliotheque/docs/L.CHOPARD%28FdeFr56%29Orthopteroides.pdf
  • La Greca, M. (1959) L'ortotterofauna pugliese e il suo significato biogeografico. Memorie di Biogeografia Adriatica, 4, 33–170.
  • Harz, K. (1969) Die Orthopteren Europas I. Series Entomologica, 5, 1–749.
  • Galvagni, A. (1988) Il genere Rhacocleis Fieber, 1853, in Marocco con descrizione di tre nuove specie (Insecta: Ensifera: Tettigoniidae: Decticinae). Atti della Accademia Roveretana degli Agiati, 26B, 27–78.
  • Heller, K.-G. (1988) Bioakustik der europäischen Laubheuschrecken. In Ökologie in Forschung und Anwendung. J. Margraf, Weikersheim. Vol. 1, 1–358 pp.
  • Otte, D. (1997) Orthoptera Species File 7. Tettigonioidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 373 pp.
  • Defaut, B. (1999) La détermination des Orthoptères de France. Bedeilhac, 83 pp.
  • Defaut, B. (2001) La détermination des Orthoptères de France. Bedeilhac, 85 pp.
  • Defaut, B. (2001) Actualisation taxonomique et nomenclaturale du "Synopsis des orthoptères de France". Matériaux Orthoptériques et Entomocénotiques, 6, 107–112.
  • Fontana, P. & Massa, B. (2004) A new species of the genus Rhacocleis from Libya (Orthoptera Tettigoniidae). Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana, 82(2), 481–492.
  • Willemse, F.M.H. & Willemse, L. (2005) Rhacocleis Fieber 1853 and Pterolepis Rambur 1838, distinct species groups or not? Journal of Orthoptera Research, 14(2), 261–269. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/1082-6467%282005%2914%5B261%3ARFAPRD%5D2.0.CO%3B2
  • Galvagni, A., Fontana, P. & Odé, B. (2007) Considerazioni sulle specie del genere Rhacocleis Fieber, 1853, di Sardegna (Insecta Orthoptera Tettigoniidae). Atti della Accademia Roveretana degli Agiati, 8(7), 131–144.
  • Willemse, F.M.H. & Willemse, L. (2008) An annotated checklist of the Orthoptera-Saltatoria from Greece including an updated bibliography. Articulata Beiheft, 13.
  • Barranco, P. & Gutiérrez-Rodríguez, J. (2010) Restitución de Pterolepis grallata (Pantel, 1886) (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae) como especie válida y estatus taxonómico de la especies ibéricas del género. Graellsia, 66(2), 131–148. Available at http://graellsia.revistas.csic.es/index.php/graellsia/article/viewFile/176/180
  • Massa, B., Fontana, P., Buzzetti, F.M., Kleukers, R.M.J.C. & Odé, B. (2012) Fauna d'Italia. Orthoptera. Calderini, Bologna, Vol. 48, 563 pp.
  • Barataud, J. (2018) Identification acoustique des espèces françaises du genre Rhacocleis Fieber, 1853 (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae). Plume de Naturalistes, 2, 23–40. Available at http://www.plume-de-naturalistes.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Barataud-J_Identification-acoustique-Rhacocleis_Plume2_23-40.pdf
  • Kotitsa, N., Chobanov, D.P., Trichas, A. & Mylonas, M. (2025) New and noteworthy records of Orthoptera (Insecta) from Crete (Greece) and its satellite islets. Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa,” 68(1), 143–217. https://doi.org/10.3897/travaux.68.e151701

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

From Greek: "ῥάκος lobus, κλεις sternum", relating to the triangular lobes of meso- and metasternum.

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1001
Species3404680