Euryphymus
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| Euryphymus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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 | |
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]