''Calephorus'' is the type genus of the
Calephorini
CalephoriniYin XC (1982) On the taxonomic system of Acridoidea from China. ''Acta Biologica Plateau Sinica'', 1(1), pages 100 is a tribe of insects in the subfamily Acridinae
The grasshopper subfamily Acridinae, sometimes called silent slant-f ...
;
a tribe of
grasshoppers
Grasshoppers are a group of insects belonging to the suborder Caelifera. They are amongst what are possibly the most ancient living groups of chewing herbivorous insects, dating back to the early Triassic around 250 million years ago.
Grassh ...
found in Africa, Europe and Indo-China.
Species
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Calephorus compressicornis'' (Latreille, 1804) - Europe, N Africa - type species (as "''Acrydium compressicornis''" Latreille)
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Calephorus ornatus'' (Walker, F., 1870) - Madagascar
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Calephorus vitalisi'' Bolivar, I., 1914 - Indo-China
References
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Acridinae
Acrididae genera
Orthoptera of Africa
Orthoptera of Asia
Orthoptera of Europe
Orthoptera of Indo-China