Sphingoderus
Genus of grasshoppers
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Sphingoderus is a genus of Palaearctic grasshoppers, in the tribe Sphingonotini, erected by Grigory Bey-Bienko in 1950.[1] The recorded distribution of species (probably incomplete) is: North Africa, Europe (Greece) through to central Asia.[2]
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Subfamily: | Oedipodinae |
| Tribe: | Sphingonotini |
| Genus: | Sphingoderus Bey-Bienko, 1950 |
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Species
The Orthoptera Species File[2] lists:
- Sphingoderus angustus Descamps, 1967
- Sphingoderus carinatus (Saussure, 1888) - type species (as Sphingonotus coerulans variety carinata Saussure)