''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 ...
.
Species
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Brachytrupes calaharicus''
(Karny, 1910)
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Brachytrupes chopardi''
(Uvarov, 1922)
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Brachytrupes grandidieri''
(Saussure, 1877)
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Brachytrupes megacephalus''
(Lefèvre, 1827)
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Brachytrupes membranaceus''
(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- ...
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