''Epistaurus''Bolívar I (1889) ''J. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat., Lisboa (Ser. 2)'' 1: 164. is a genus of

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 ...

in the family Acrididae, subfamily

Coptacrinae The Coptacrinae are a subfamily of Acrididae (originally described by Brunner von Wattenwyl under the synonym: Coptacrae) in the Orthoptera: Caelifera The Caelifera are a suborder of orthopteran insects. They include the grasshoppers and gr ...

. Species can be found in West and Central Africa, the Indian subcontinent, Indo-China and southern China.

Species

The ''Orthoptera Species File'' lists: *'' Epistaurus aberrans'' Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 *'' Epistaurus bolivari'' Karny, 1907 *'' Epistaurus crucigerus'' Bolívar, 1889 *'' Epistaurus diopi'' Mestre, 2001 *'' Epistaurus meridionalis'' Bi, 1984 *'' Epistaurus sinetyi'' Bolívar, 1902 *'' Epistaurus succineus'' Krauss, 1877

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* {{Taxonbar, from=Q10486525 Coptacrinae Acrididae genera Orthoptera of Indo-China