genus

Apterosvercus Gorochov, 1992

Type

type species by original designation of

Apterosvercus Gorochov, 1992: 13.
type species by original designation Apterosvercus sylvestris Gorochov, 1992
Apterosvercus Gorochov, 1992 (classified as Modicogryllini Otte & Alexander, 1983) in Otte, 1994: 9.

Apterosvercus Gorochov, 1992 (classified as Gryllini Laicharting, 1781) in Gorochov, 2001: 338.
Apterosvercus Gorochov, 1992 (classified as Brachytrupina Saussure, 1877) in Gorochov, Dawwrueng & Vitheepradit, 2025: 322.

Gorochov, A.V. (1992) Material on the fauna of Gryllinae (Orthoptera, Gryllidae) of Vietnam. Part 1. In Trudy Zoologitscheskogo Instituta, Akademiia Nauk SSSR, Leningrad [= Proceedings of the Zoological Institute, USSR Academy of Sciences, Leningrad]. Vol. 240, pp. 3–19, illustr. [1991]
Gorochov, A.V. (2001) Remarkable examples of convergence and new taxa of Gryllini (Orthoptera: Gryllidae). Zoosystematica Rossica, 9(2), 316–350. Available at http://gryllus.smart21.ru/gryllus/Gorochov%27s%20papers%20in%20PDF%20and%20list%20of%20his%20publications/2001/126%20Remarkable%20examples%20convergence%202001.pdf

Gorochov, A.V., Dawwrueng, P. & Vitheepradit, A. (2025) New and little known crickets of the subfamilies Gryllinae and Itarinae (Orthoptera: Gryllidae) from Thailand and adjacent countries. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS, 329(3), 300–328. https://doi.org/10.31610/trudyzin/2025.329.3.300
Otte, D. (1994) Orthoptera Species File 1. Crickets (Grylloidea). The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 120 pp.

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Derived from apterous condition and Svercus Gorochov, 1988.