genus

Eugaster Serville, 1838

Type

Hetrodes (Eugaster) guyoni Serville, 1838 type species by subsequent designation of Eugaster Serville, 1838

Nomenclature (20)

Hetrodes (Eugaster) Serville, 1838: 463.
type species by subsequent designation Hetrodes (Eugaster) guyoni Serville, 1838 in Kirby, 1906
Eugaster Serville, 1838 in Lucas, 1861: 215.
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Eugaster Serville, 1838 in Heller, Chobanov, Warchalowska-Sliwa & Hemp, 2022: 472.
Eugaster Serville, 1838 in Cassar, Massa, Gauci, Bartolo & Schembri, 2024

Nomenclature references (20)

Bolívar, I. (1915) Extensión de la fauna paleártica en Marruecos. Trabajos del Museo de Ciencias Naturales (Serie Zoológica), 10, 83 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/48773
Cassar, L.F., Massa, B., Gauci, A., Bartolo, A.G. & Schembri, S. (2024) A review of the genus Eugaster Serville, 1838 (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Hetrodinae): a multifaceted approach. Zootaxa, 5506(4), 501–532. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5506.4.2
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Caudell, A.N. (1916) Orthoptera Fam. Locustidae. Subfam. Hetrodinae. In Genera Insectorum. P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles. Vol. 168, 1–13 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105423#page/445/mode/1up

Chopard, L. (1940) Contribution à l'étude des Orthoptéroïdes du Nord de l'Afrique. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 109, 153–167. Available at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6139081h/f168.item

Chopard, L. (1943) Orthoptéroïdes de l'Afrique du Nord. In Faune de l'Empire Français. Lib. Larose, Paris. Vol. 1, 450 pp.

Defaut, B. (1988) La détermination des orthopteroides ouest-paléarctiques 6. Caelifera: Acrididae (suite). 7. Ensifera. 8. Mantodea. Travaux du Laboratoire d'Ecobiologie des arthropodes édaphiques, 6(1), 1–93.

Finot, P.A.P. (1897) Faune de l'Algérie et de la Tunisie. Insectes Orthoptères (Suite). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 65, 513–629, 3 pls. [1896] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/34323

Gorochov, A.V. (1988) Classification and phylogeny of Tettigonioidea (Gryllida=Orthoptera, Tettigonioidea) [in Russian]. In Cretaceous Biocoenotic Crisis and the Evolution of Insects. Nauka, Moscow. pp. 145–190. Available at http://paleoentomology.ru/publ/books/crisis-1988.pdf

Grzeschik, K.-H. (1969) Untersuchungen zur Systematik, Biologie und Ethologie von Eugaster Serville (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae). Form. Funct., 1, 46–144.

Heller, K.-G., Chobanov, D.P., Warchalowska-Sliwa, E. & Hemp, C. (2022) Review of song patterns and sound production in armoured ground crickets (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Hetrodini) with karyological data and taxonomic notes. Zootaxa, 5120(4), 451–481.

Kirby, W.F. (1890) On the employment of names proposed for genera of Orthoptera, previous to 1840. Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society, 6, 556–597. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95855#page/572/mode/1up

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

Lucas, P.H. (1861) Note sur le genre Eugaster. Orthoptère de la famille des locustiens, qui habite dans le nord de l'Afrique. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 1, 213–218. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/34164

Lucas, P.H. (1869) Remarques sur l'Eugaster servillei, orthoptère sauteur de la famille des Locustides et description d'une espèce nouvelle appartenant a cette coupe générique. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 9, 81–88. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/101299#page/87/mode/1up

Nielsen, E.T. (1971) Stridulatory activity of Eugaster (Orthoptera, Ensifera). Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 14, 234–244.

Otte, D. (1997) Orthoptera Species File 7. Tettigonioidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 373 pp.

Schmidt, G.H. (1998) Taxonomy of Anepisceptus Fieber, 1853, Eugasteroides Weidner, 1955, and Weidnerius gen. n. (Orthoptera, Tettigonioidea, Hetrodidae): Revision of genera, species and subspecies with new descriptions. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 45(2), 135–173.

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

Stål, C. (1874) In Recensio Orthopterorum. Revue critique des Orthoptères décrits par Linné, De Geer et Thunberg. Stockholm. Vol. 2, 121 pp. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=nSxDAAAAYAAJ
Weidner, H. (1955) Die Hetrodinae (Orthoptera, Saltatoria). Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut, 53, 110–166.

Aggregate (Asserted distribution & Georeference)

Descendants and synonyms

Eugaster Serville, 1838
- Eugaster spinulosa (Johannson, 1763)
  - =Eugaster berlandi Chopard, 1940
  - =Eugaster brachyceriformis Kirby, 1906
  - =Eugaster spinulosa brevispina Grzeschik, 1969
  - =Eugaster fernandezi Bolívar, 1935
  - =Eugaster fernandezii Graells, 1878
  - =Hetrodes (Eugaster) guyoni Serville, 1838
  - =Eugaster spinulosa var. immaculata Weidner, 1941
  - =Eugaster guyoni intermedia Grzeschik, 1969
  - =Eugaster laevigata Chopard, 1940
  - =Eugaster mathiasi Bleton, 1942
  - =Eugaster mimeuri Chopard, 1940
  - =Eugaster nigripes Chopard, 1937
  - =Eugaster powysi Kirby, 1891
  - =Eugaster rungsi Bleton, 1942
  - =Eugaster guyoni var. inornata Krauss, 1893
  - =Eugaster lucasi Kirby, 1891
  - =Eugaster guyoni var. lucasi Krauss, 1893
  - =Eugaster guyoni var. orientalis Chopard, 1937
  - =Eugaster spinulosa var. unicolor Chopard, 1940

Life zone and ecology data

Terrestrial

Gender, form, and etymology

Feminine

Etymology:

From Greek εὐ (good or large) and γᾰστήρ (belly).

Eugaster Serville, 1838

Stats

	Names
Rank	Total	Valid	Invalid
genus	2	1	1
species	36	1	35
subspecies	4	0	4