Parasteropleurus
Parasteropleurus martorelli
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Bradyporinae
Tribe: Ephippigerini
Genus: Parasteropleurus
Barat, 2012

Parasteropleurus is a genus of bush crickets in the tribe Ephippigerini, erected by J. Barat in 2012[1] with insects that resembled Steropleurus. To date (2022) species have been recorded from the Iberian peninsula and North Africa.[2]

Species

The Orthoptera Species File[2] lists:

  1. Parasteropleurus algericus (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882)
  2. Parasteropleurus balearicus (Bolívar, 1884)
  3. Parasteropleurus gracilis (Nadig, 1981)
  4. Parasteropleurus inenormis (Bolívar, 1907)
  5. Parasteropleurus lucasi (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882)
  6. Parasteropleurus martorellii (Bolívar, 1878) (2 subspcies)
  7. Parasteropleurus nerii (Vosseler, 1902) (2 subspcies)
  8. Parasteropleurus perezii (Bolívar, 1877) - type species (as Ephippiger perezii Bolívar)

References

  1. Barat J (2012) Revisión preliminar de los géneros de Ephippigerini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Bradyporinae). Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 50: 36.
  2. 1 2 Orthoptera Species File: genus Parasteropleurus Barat, 2012 (retrieved 8 January 2023)
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