Polysarcus

Polysarcus
Polysarcus denticauda male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Phaneropterinae
Tribe: Barbitistini
Genus: Polysarcus
Fieber, 1853
Synonyms

Hadrosoma Fieber, 1853
Orphania Fischer, 1853[1]

Polysarcus[2] is a genus of bush crickets in the subfamily Phaneropterinae and tribe Barbitistini. Species can be found in western Europe (but not the British Isles or Scandinavia), Middle East through to Afghanistan.[3]

Species

The Orthoptera Species File lists:[3]

  1. Polysarcus denticauda (Charpentier, 1825) - type species
  2. Polysarcus elbursianus (Uvarov, 1930)
  3. Polysarcus scutatus (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882)
  4. Polysarcus zacharovi (Stshelkanovtzev, 1910)
  5. Polysarcus zigana Ünal & Chobanov, 2013
Polysarcus scutatus ovipositing female

References

  1. ^ Kirby WF (1906) A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 2: 374.
  2. ^ Fieber (1853) Lotos 3: 175.
  3. ^ a b Orthoptera Species File: genus Polysarcus Fieber, 1853 (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 3 July 2022)