''Dociostaurus'' is a genus of grasshoppers in the family

Acrididae Acrididae are the predominant family of grasshoppers, comprising some 10,000 of the 11,000 species of the entire suborder Caelifera. The Acrididae are best known because all locusts (swarming grasshoppers) are of the Acrididae. The subfamily Oedi ...

, subfamily

Gomphocerinae Gomphocerinae, sometimes called "slant-faced grasshoppers", are a subfamily of grasshoppers found on every continent but Antarctica and Australia. Tribes and genera Tribes and genera include: Arcypterini Auth.: Bolívar, 1914 - Africa, Palearc ...

and typical of the tribe

Dociostaurini Gomphocerinae, sometimes called "slant-faced grasshoppers", are a subfamily of grasshoppers found on every continent but Antarctica and Australia. Tribes and genera Tribes and genera include: Arcypterini Auth.: Bolívar, 1914 - Africa, Palearc ...

.Orthoptera Species File: genus ''Dociostaurus'' Fieber, 1853 (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 18 November 2021)
/ref> Species are found in Africa, southern Europe and Asia, and includes the economically important Moroccan locust.

Subgenera and Species

The ''Orthoptera Species File'' lists: * unplaced: '' Dociostaurus biskrensis'' Moussi & Petit, 2014 ;subgenus ''Dociostaurus'' Fieber, 1853 # '' Dociostaurus ciostaurus'' Fieber, 1853 # '' Dociostaurus apicalis'' (Walker, 1871) # '' Dociostaurus australis'' (Bolívar, 1889) # '' Dociostaurus brachypterus'' Demirsoy, 1979 # '' Dociostaurus cephalotes'' Uvarov, 1923 # '' Dociostaurus curvicercus'' Uvarov, 1942 # '' Dociostaurus diamesus'' Bey-Bienko, 1948 # '' Dociostaurus hammadae'' Ingrisch, 1983 # '' Dociostaurus hispanicus'' Bolívar, 1898 # '' Dociostaurus histrio'' (Fischer von Waldheim, 1846) # '' Dociostaurus kervillei'' Bolívar, 1911 # ''

Dociostaurus maroccanus ''Dociostaurus maroccanus'', commonly known as the Moroccan locust, is a grasshopper in the insect family Acrididae. It is found in northern Africa, southern and eastern Europe and western Asia. It lives a solitary existence but in some years its ...

'' (Thunberg, 1815)
type species (as ''Gryllus maroccanus'' ThunbergKirby WF (1910) ''A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae)'' 3(2):674 pp.) # '' Dociostaurus minutus'' La Greca, 1962 # '' Dociostaurus pecularis'' Moeed, 1971 # '' Dociostaurus plotnikovi'' Uvarov, 1921 # '' Dociostaurus salmani'' Demirsoy, 1979 # '' Dociostaurus turbatus'' (Walker, 1871) ;subgenus ''Kazakia'' Bey-Bienko, 1933 # '' Dociostaurus brevicollis'' (Eversmann, 1848) # '' Dociostaurus genei'' (Ocskay, 1832) # '' Dociostaurus icconium'' Sirin & Mol, 2013 # '' Dociostaurus jagoi'' Soltani, 1978 # '' Dociostaurus tarbinskyi'' (Bey-Bienko, 1933) # '' Dociostaurus tartarus'' Stshelkanovtzev, 1921 ;subgenus ''Stauronotulus'' Tarbinsky, 1940 # '' Dociostaurus brachypterus'' Liu, 1981 emporary name/small> # '' Dociostaurus cappadocicus'' (Azam, 1913) # '' Dociostaurus crassiusculus'' (Pantel, 1886) # ''

Dociostaurus dantini ''Dociostaurus'' is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae, subfamily Gomphocerinae and typical of the tribe Dociostaurini. Species are found in Africa, southern Europe and Asia, and includes the economically important Moroccan locust. ...

'' Bolívar, 1914 # '' Dociostaurus hauensteini'' (Bolívar, 1893) # '' Dociostaurus kraussi'' (Ingenitskii, 1897) # '' Dociostaurus kurdus'' Uvarov, 1921

Gallery

File:Dociostaurus jagoi (9566291092).jpg, ''D. cf. jagoi'' female File:Dociostaurus jagoi (9566286938).jpg, ''D. cf. jagoi'' male File:Dociostaurus maroccanus qtl1.jpg, ''D. maroccanus''

References

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* * * {{Taxonbar, from=Q10475267 Acrididae genera Gomphocerinae Orthoptera of Africa Orthoptera of Asia Orthoptera of Europe Taxa named by Franz Xaver Fieber