''Epacromius'' is a genus of

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grasshoppers Grasshoppers are a group of insects belonging to the suborder Caelifera. They are among what is possibly the most ancient living group of chewing herbivorous insects, dating back to the early Triassic around 250 million years ago. Grasshop ...

, typical of the

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Epacromiini Bandwings, or band-winged grasshoppers, are the subfamily Oedipodinae of grasshoppers classified under the family Acrididae. They have a worldwide distribution and were originally elevated to full family status as the Oedipodidae. Many species p ...

, erected by

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in 1942. The recorded distribution of species is France and Spain in western Europe through temperate Asia to Japan (but locality records may be incomplete).

Species

The ''Orthoptera Species File'' Orthoptera Species File: genus ''Epacromius'' Uvarov, 1942 (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 28 May 2023)
/ref> lists: # '' Epacromius coerulipes'' (Ivanov, 1888) # '' Epacromius fallax'' Wang, 2007 # '' Epacromius japonicus'' (Shiraki, 1910) # '' Epacromius pulverulentus'' (Fischer von Waldheim, 1846) # '' Epacromius tergestinus'' (Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1825) - type species (as ''Gryllus tergestinus'' Megerle von Mühlfeld = ''E. tergestinus tergestinus'', one of 3 subspecies: by subsequent designationJohnston HB (1956) ''Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers'' 833 pp.)

References

External links

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* {{taxonbar, from=Q10485893 Oedipodinae Orthoptera of Asia Orthoptera of Europe Acrididae genera