''Brachytrupes'' is a genus of mostly African
crickets
Crickets are orthopteran insects which are related to bush crickets, and, more distantly, to grasshoppers. In older literature, such as Imms,Imms AD, rev. Richards OW & Davies RG (1970) ''A General Textbook of Entomology'' 9th Ed. Methuen 8 ...
in the family
Gryllidae
The family ''Gryllidae'' contains the subfamilies and genera which entomologists now term true crickets. Having long, whip-like antennae, they belong to the Orthopteran suborder Ensifera, which has been greatly reduced in the last 100 years (''e ...
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Species
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Brachytrupes calaharicus
''Brachytrupes'' is a genus of mostly African crickets in the family Gryllidae.
Species
*'' Brachytrupes calaharicus'' (Karny, 1910)
*'' Brachytrupes chopardi'' (Uvarov, 1922)
*''Brachytrupes grandidieri'' (Saussure, 1877)
*''Brachytrupes mega ...
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(Karny, 1910)
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Brachytrupes chopardi
''Brachytrupes'' is a genus of mostly African crickets in the family Gryllidae.
Species
*''Brachytrupes calaharicus'' (Karny, 1910)
*'' Brachytrupes chopardi'' (Uvarov, 1922)
*''Brachytrupes grandidieri'' (Saussure, 1877)
*''Brachytrupes megac ...
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(Uvarov, 1922)
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Brachytrupes grandidieri
''Brachytrupes'' is a genus of mostly African crickets in the family Gryllidae.
Species
*'' Brachytrupes calaharicus'' (Karny, 1910)
*'' Brachytrupes chopardi'' (Uvarov, 1922)
*'' Brachytrupes grandidieri'' (Saussure, 1877)
*'' Brachytrupes me ...
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(Saussure, 1877)
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Brachytrupes megacephalus
''Brachytrupes megacephalus'' is a species of cricket in the family Gryllidae.
Description and behavior
''Brachytrupes megacephalus'' can reach a length of about . This species is characterized by a very large head (hence the species name ''meg ...
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(Lefèvre, 1827)
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Brachytrupes membranaceus
''Brachytrupes membranaceus'', the tobacco cricket, is a species of cricket in the family Gryllidae. It is a pest of crops including young tobacco plants. There are four subspecies, all of which are native to Africa.
Subspecies
Four subspecies ...
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(Drury, 1773) - type species (as ''
Gryllus
''Gryllus'' is a genus of field cricket (Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Gryllinae). Members of the genus are typically 15–31 mm long and darkly coloured. The type species is ''Gryllus campestris'' L.: the European field cricket.
Until the mid-1 ...
membranaceus''
Drury = ''B. membranaceus membranaceus'')
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Brachytrupes politus''
(Bolivar, I., 1890)
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Brachytrupes testaceus''
(Karny, 1910)
Note: "''Brachytrupes portentosus''"
(Lichtenstein AAH, 1796) is a synonym of ''
Tarbinskiellus portentosus'': found in Asia.
Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0)
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References
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Gryllinae
Orthoptera genera
Taxa named by Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville
Insect pests of millets