Brachycrotaphus
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| Brachycrotaphus | |
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| Brachycrotaphus tryxalicerus female | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Subfamily: | Gomphocerinae |
| Genus: | Brachycrotaphus Krauss, 1877 |
| Synonyms | |
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Psectrocnemus Henry, 1940 | |
Brachycrotaphus is a genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Gomphocerinae (unassigned to any tribe), erected by Hermann August Krauss in 1877.[1] Species have been recorded from Africa, southern Europe and India (distribution may be incomplete).[2]