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Genus

Brachytrupes Serville, 1838

Type

type species by subsequent designation of Brachytrupes Serville, 1838

Nomenclature (20)

  • Brachytrupes Serville, 1838: 323.

    type species by subsequent designation Gryllus megacephalus Lefebvre, 1827 in Simeu-Noutchom, Heller, Um Nyobe & Kekeunou, 2023: 375

  • Brachytrypes [sic] Agassiz, 1846: 52.
  • Brachytrupes Serville, 1838 in Massa, Fontana, Buzzetti, Kleukers & Odé, 2012: 342.
  • Brachytrupes Serville, 1838 in Simeu-Noutchom, Heller, Um Nyobe & Kekeunou, 2023: 374, 375, 385.

References (18)

  • Serville, J.G.A. (1838) Histoire naturelle des insectes. Orthoptères. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, i-xviii, 1–776, pl. 1–14. [1839] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54314
  • Agassiz, J.L.R. (1846) Nomenclatoris Zoologici Index Universalis. In Nomenclatoris Zoologici Index Universalis.
  • Costa, O.G. (1855) Grillidei. Fauna del regno di Napoli. Ortotteri, 37–52. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=OOZAAAAAcAAJ
  • Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1873) Système des Gryllides. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 4(4), 163–170. Available at http://www.e-periodica.ch/digbib/view?pid=seg-001%3A1872%3A4%3A%3A166#184
  • Saussure, H.L.F.de (1877) Mélanges orthoptérologiques V. fascicule Gryllides. Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève, 25(1), 169–504 [1–352]. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/35307
  • Targioni-Tozzetti, A. (1882) Ortotteri agrari cioè dei diversi insetti dell'ordine degli ortotteri nocivi o vantaggiosi all'agricoltura o all'economia domestica e principalmente delle cavallette. Annali di Agricoltura, Firenze, Bencini, 238 pp., 68 figs.
  • 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
  • Zeuner, F.E. (1936) The prothoracic tracheal apparatus of Saltatoria (Orthoptera). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (A), 11(1-2), 11–22.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1962) Gryllinae (Orthoptera) in the Linnean Collection, London. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, 173, 129–131, Pl. 1.
  • Randell, R.L. (1964) The male genitalia in Gryllinae (Orthoptera: Gryllidae) and a tribal revision. The Canadian Entomologist, 96(12), 1565–1607.
  • Chopard, L. (1967) Gryllides. Fam. Gryllidae; Subfam. Gryllinae (Trib. Grymnogryllini, Gryllini, Gryllomorphini, Nemobiini). In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 10, pp. 1–213.
  • Harz, K. (1969) Die Orthopteren Europas I. Series Entomologica, 5, 1–749.
  • Bhowmik, H.K. (1985) Contribution to the gryllid fauna of the Western Himalayas (Orthoptera: Gryllidae). Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Miscellaneous Publication, Occasional Paper, 73, 1–85. Available at https://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/occpapers/073/index.pdf
  • Vasanth, M. (1993) Studies on crickets (Insecta: Orthoptera: Gryllidae) of northeast India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Miscellaneous Publication, Occasional Paper, 132(1-6), 1–178. Available at http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/occpapers/132/index.pdf
  • Gorochov, A.V. (1995) System and evolution of the suborder Ensifera (Orthoptera). Part I. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 260, 1–224. [in Russian]
  • Gorochov, A.V. (1995) System and evolution of the suborder Ensifera (Orthoptera). Part II. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 260, 1–213. [in Russian]
  • 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.
  • Simeu-Noutchom, A., Heller, K.-G., Um Nyobe, P.C.A. & Kekeunou, S. (2023) Taxonomy review of the genus Brachytrupes (Orthoptera: Gryllidae) with the description of a new species and key to the species. Zootaxa, 5336(3), 373–388. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5336.3.4

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Derived from Greek and referring to short ovipositor.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1023
Species1603248