''Uvarovistia'' is a genus of

Palaearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Sibe ...

bush crickets in the tribe Pholidopterini, confirmed by Maran in 1953.Maran (1953) ''Acta Entomol. Mus. Natl. Pragae'' 28: 209-221 10/ref> Species have been recorded from

Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is geo ...

, Turkey through to Afganhistan (but the distribution may be incomplete). The genus is named after

Boris Uvarov Sir Boris Petrovitch Uvarov (3 November 1886 – 18 March 1970) was a Russian-British entomologist best known for his work on the biology and ecology of locusts. He has been called the father of acridology. Biography Boris Petrovitch Uvarov was ...

, who originally identified what became the

type species In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen ...

Species

Uluar ''et al.'' (2021)Uluar, Yahyaoglu, Çiplak (2021) ''Zootaxa'' 4952(1): 157. provide an updated key to species in ''Uvarovistia''; the ''Orthoptera Species File''Orthoptera Species File: genus ''Uvarovistia'' Maran, 1953
(Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 21 May 2023) lists: # ''

Uvarovistia bakhtiara ''Uvarovistia'' is a genus of Palaearctic bush crickets in the tribe Pholidopterini, confirmed by Maran in 1953.Maran (1953) ''Acta Entomol. Mus. Natl. Pragae'' 28: 209-221 10/ref> Species have been recorded from Cyprus, Turkey through to Af ...

'' (Uvarov, 1934) # ''

Uvarovistia iraka ''Uvarovistia'' is a genus of Palaearctic bush crickets in the tribe Pholidopterini, confirmed by Maran in 1953.Maran (1953) ''Acta Entomol. Mus. Natl. Pragae'' 28: 209-221 10/ref> Species have been recorded from Cyprus, Turkey through to Af ...

'' (Uvarov, 1934) # ''

Uvarovistia munzurensis ''Uvarovistia'' is a genus of Palaearctic bush crickets in the tribe Pholidopterini, confirmed by Maran in 1953.Maran (1953) ''Acta Entomol. Mus. Natl. Pragae'' 28: 209-221 10/ref> Species have been recorded from Cyprus, Turkey through to Af ...

'' Uluar & Yahyaoğlu, 2021 # ''

Uvarovistia satunini ''Uvarovistia'' is a genus of Palaearctic bush crickets in the tribe Pholidopterini, confirmed by Maran in 1953.Maran (1953) ''Acta Entomol. Mus. Natl. Pragae'' 28: 209-221 10/ref> Species have been recorded from Cyprus, Turkey through to Af ...

'' (Uvarov, 1916) # '' Uvarovistia zebra'' (Uvarov, 1916) - type species (as ''Olynthoscelis zebra'' Uvarov, by subsequent designation)

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* {{taxonbar, from=Q10711709 Ensifera genera Orthoptera of Asia Orthoptera of Europe Tettigoniidae