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Brachytrupes megacephalus (Lefebvre, 1827)

Brachytrupes megacephalus (Lefebvre, 1827): Pl. IX, Fig. 10. male habitus. (Otu).
Brachytrupes megacephalus (Lefebvre, 1827): Pl. IX, Fig. 10. male habitus. (Otu).
Brachytrupes megacephalus (Lefebvre, 1827): Pl. IX, Fig. 10a. male face. (Otu).
Brachytrupes megacephalus (Lefebvre, 1827): Pl. IX, Fig. 10c. hind tibia. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1574888; 2f78113f-0f21-4be8-994a-e3d004d49b04: male, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1574888; 2f78113f-0f21-4be8-994a-e3d004d49b04: male, frontal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1574888; 2f78113f-0f21-4be8-994a-e3d004d49b04: labels. (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (32)

  • Gryllus megacephalus Lefebvre, 1827: 10.

    Syntype; 6f32d41f-8e4b-4160-9394-5d2ad6b59c76; Sicily

  • Brachytrupes megacephalus (Lefebvre, 1827) in Serville, 1838: 326.
  • Brachytrupes megacephalus (Lefebvre, 1827) in Cassar, Gauci, Gauci, Attard & Tomakova, 2023: 135.
  • Brachytrupes megacephalus (Lefebvre, 1827) in Bartolo, Cassar, Massa, Schembri & Ghana, 2025

References (32)

  • Lefebvre (1827) Annales de la Société linnéenne de Paris, 6.
  • 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
  • Fischer, L.H. (1853) Orthoptera Europaea. sumtibus G. Engelmann, Leipzig, 454 pp. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=fV3nAAAAMAAJ
  • Costa, O.G. (1855) Grillidei. Fauna del regno di Napoli. Ortotteri, 37–52. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=OOZAAAAAcAAJ
  • Graber, V. (1876) Die abdominalen Tympanalorgane der Cikaden und Gryllodeen. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, 273–296. Available at http://www.landesmuseum.at/pdf_frei_remote/DAKW_36_2_02%5E73-0296.pdf
  • Graber, V. (1876) Die tympanalen Sinnesapparate der Orthopteren. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, 36(2), 1–140, pls 1–10. [1875] Available at http://www.landesmuseum.at/pdf_frei_remote/DAKW_36_2_0001-0140.pdf
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Giglio-Tos, E. (1907) Ortotteri Africani. Parte II. Blattodea, Mantodea, Phasmodea, Locustodea, Gryllodea. Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della Royal Università di Torino, 22(563), 1–26. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43468#page/125/mode/1up
  • Chopard, L. (1943) Orthoptéroïdes de l'Afrique du Nord. In Faune de l'Empire Français. Lib. Larose, Paris. Vol. 1, 450 pp.
  • 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.
  • Baccetti, B. (1987) Evolutionary Biology of Orthopteroid Insects (Ellis Horwood series in entomology and acarology). Ellis Horwood Ltd., Chichester, England, 612 pp.
  • Baccetti, B., Massa, B. & Canestrelli, P. (1995) Dermaptera, Isoptera, Blattodea, Mantodea, Phasmatodea, Orthoptera. Il Naturalista siciliano, 19 (Suppl.), 163–194. Available at http://www.sssn.it/PDF/PDF%20NS%2019suppl/19suppl.pdf#page=89
  • Cassar, L.F. (2009) Brachytrupes megacephalus. Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Malta, 2, 126–127.
  • Massa, B. (2009) Annotated check-list of Orthoptera of Libya. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 18(1), 75–93. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/034.018.0109
  • Galvagni, A. (2010) Ricerche sulla fauna degli Ortotteroidei nella Sardegna sud-occidentale (Blattaria, Mantodea, Orthoptera, Phasmatodea). Atti della Accademia Roveretana degli Agiati, 10(B), 133–196. Available at http://media.agiati.org/page/attachments/agiati-atti-b-2010-art09-galvagni.pdf
  • Sahnoun, A.M., Doumandji, S.E. & Desutter-Grandcolas, L. (2010) A check-list of Ensifera from Algeria (Insecta: Orthoptera). Zootaxa, 2432, 1–44.
  • 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.
  • Lakhdari, W., Dehliz, A., Acheuk, F., Hammi, H., M'lik, R. & Soud, A. (2015) Some Elements of the Bio-ecology of Brachytrupes megacephalus Lefebvre, 1827 (Orthoptera, Gryllidae) in the Region of Oued Righ (Algerian Sahara). American-Eurasian Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences, 15(6), 1082–1089. Available at http://www.idosi.org/aejaes/jaes15%286%2915/17.pdf
  • Lakhdari, W., Doumandji-Mitiche, B., Acheuk, F., Dehliz, A., M'lik, R., Soud, A. & Hammi, H. (2015) Morphological study of different developmental stages of Brachytrupes megacephalus Lefebvre, 1827 (Orthoptera, Gryllidae) and their development in Oued Righ Region (Algerian Sahara). Academic Journal of Entomology, 8(3), 117–126. Available at http://www.idosi.org/aje/8%283%2915/3.pdf
  • Petralia, A., Petralia, E., Sabella, G., Brogna, F. & Bianca, C. (2015) Presence's mapping of Brachytrupes megacephalus (Lefebvre, 1827) (Orthoptera Gryllidae) within the Natural Reserve of Vendicari (Noto, Siracusa, Italy). Biodiversity Journal, 6(1), 323–326. Available at http://www.biodiversityjournal.com/pdf/6%281%29_323-326.pdf
  • Brizio, C. (2018) Bioacoustic evidence of two uncommon crickets from SW Sardinia, including an analysis of the song of Brachytrupes megacephalus (Lefevre, 1827) (Orthoptera Gryllidae) in the ultrasonic range. Biodiversity Journal, 9(2), 135–142. Available at http://www.biodiversityjournal.com/pdf/9(2)_135-142.pdf
  • Cassar, L.F. & Galdies, C. (2018) On the recent occurrence of Brachytrupes megacephalus (Lefébvre, 1827) (Orthoptera Gryllidae) on Lampedusa. Il Naturalista siciliano, 42(1), 153–158. Available at http://www.sssn.it/PDF/PDF%20NS%2042/153-158.pdf
  • Brizio, C., Buzzetti, F.M. & Pavan, G. (2020) Beyond the audible: wide band (0-125 kHz) field investigation on Italian Orthoptera (Insecta) songs. Biodiversity Journal, 11(2), 443–496.
  • Cassar, L.F., Ebejer, M.J. & Massa, B. (2020) Annotated checklist of Orthoptera of the Maltese Islands. Zootaxa, 4885(1), 107–124.
  • Cassar, L.F., Conrad, E. & Galdies, C. (2021) Brachytrupes megacephalus Lefèbvre, 1827 (Orthoptera, Gryllidae) in the Maltese Islands: notes on biogeography, behaviour, and habitat of populations in the central Mediterranean area and the Maghreb. Zootaxa, 4975(3), 544–560.
  • 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
  • Cassar, L.F., Gauci, A., Gauci, M., Attard, D. & Tomakova, V. (2023) An investigation of patch occupancy and dispersal by third to final instar nymphs of Brachytrupes megacephalus Lefèbvre, 1827 (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Gryllinae) across the sand dune biotope at the Għadira Nature Reserve, Malta. Zootaxa, 5311(1), 135–147. Available at http://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5311.1.7
  • Bartolo, A.G., Cassar, L.F., Massa, B., Schembri, S. & Ghana, S. (2025) Genetic analysis of a Mediterranean Red-Listed species Brachytrupes megacephalus (Lefèbvre, 1827) (Orthoptera, Gryllidae). Zootaxa, 5679(1), 83–100. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5679.1.4

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Referring to the immense head (very broad and short).

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