''Brachytrupes'' is a genus of mostly African
crickets
Crickets are orthopteran insects which are related to bush crickets and more distantly, to grasshoppers. In older literature, such as Imms,Imms AD, rev. Richards OW & Davies RG (1970) ''A General Textbook of Entomology'' 9th Ed. Methuen 886 ...
in the family
Gryllidae
The family Gryllidae contains the subfamilies and genera which entomologists now term true crickets. Having long, whip-like antennae, they belong to the Orthopteran suborder Ensifera, which has been greatly reduced in the last 100 years (''e.g ...
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Species
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Brachytrupes calaharicus''
(Karny, 1910)
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Brachytrupes chopardi''
(Uvarov, 1922)
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Brachytrupes grandidieri''
(Saussure, 1877)
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Brachytrupes megacephalus''
(Lefèvre, 1827)
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Brachytrupes membranaceus''
(Drury, 1773) - type species (as ''
Gryllus
''Gryllus'' is a genus of field cricket (Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Gryllinae). Members of the genus are typically 15–31 mm long and darkly coloured. The type species is ''Gryllus campestris'' L.: the European field cricket.
History
Until ...
membranaceus''
Drury = ''B. membranaceus membranaceus'')
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Brachytrupes politus''
(Bolivar, I., 1890)
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Brachytrupes testaceus''
(Karny, 1910)
Note: "''Brachytrupes portentosus''"
(Lichtenstein AAH, 1796) is a synonym of ''
Tarbinskiellus portentosus'': found in Asia.
Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0)
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References
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Gryllinae
Orthoptera genera
Taxa named by Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville
Insect pests of millets