Dericorys
Genus of grasshoppers
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Dericorys[1] is the type genus of grasshoppers of the family Dericorythidae.[2] Species have been recorded from Africa, the Iberian Peninsula, Atlantic islands and western-central Asia.
| Dericorys | |
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| Dericorys lobata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Dericorythidae |
| Subfamily: | Dericorythinae |
| Genus: | Dericorys Serville, 1838 |
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Two species, D. albidula and D. annulata defoliate Haloxylon in Central Asia and may be called "saxaul locusts" or "saxaul humpbacked grasshoppers";[3] on the other hand, D. minutus is critically endangered.
Species
The Orthoptera Species File[2] lists:
- Dericorys albidula Serville, 1838 - type species
- Dericorys annulata Fieber, 1853
- Dericorys carthagonovae Bolívar, 1897 - Iberian peninsula
- Dericorys cyrtosterna Uvarov, 1933
- Dericorys escalerai Bolívar, 1936
- Dericorys guichardi Dirsh, 1950
- Dericorys johnstoni Uvarov, 1933
- Dericorys lobata Brullé, 1840
- Dericorys millierei Bonnet & Finot, 1884
- Dericorys minutus Chopard, 1954
- Dericorys murati Uvarov, 1938
- Dericorys philbyi Uvarov, 1933
- Dericorys ramachandrai Uvarov, 1933
- Dericorys tibialis Pallas, 1773
- Dericorys uvarovi Ramme, 1930
- Dericorys vitrea Bey-Bienko, 1957
- Dericorys xenosterna Uvarov, 1933
- Dericorys yemenita Ingrisch, 1999
