Euryphymus
Genus of grasshoppers
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Euryphymus is the type genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Euryphyminae, erected by Carl Stål in 1873 as a subgenus of "Calliptenus" (Euryphymus).[1] Species have been recorded from southern Africa and Madagascar (although the known distribution may be incomplete).[2]
| Euryphymus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Subfamily: | Euryphyminae |
| Genus: | Euryphymus Stål, 1873 |
| Synonyms | |
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Ostracina Saussure, 1888 | |
Species
A key to most species was given by Uvarov.[3] The Orthoptera Species File includes:[2]
- Euryphymus eremobioides Bolívar, 1889
- Euryphymus exemptus (Walker, 1870)
- Euryphymus haematopus (Linnaeus, 1758) - type species (as Gryllus haematopus Linnaeus, by subsequent designation[4])
- Euryphymus kalahariensis Barker, 1985
- Euryphymus tuberculatus Martínez y Fernández-Castillo, 1898
- Euryphymus xanthocnemis Brancsik, 1897
