''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'' Thunberg[Kirby WF (1910) ''A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae)'' 3(2):674 pp.])
# ''Dociostaurus minutus
''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 ...
'' La Greca, 1962
# '' Dociostaurus pecularis'' Moeed, 1971
# '' Dociostaurus plotnikovi'' Uvarov, 1921
# '' Dociostaurus salmani'' Demirsoy, 1979
# ''Dociostaurus turbatus
''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 ...
'' (Walker, 1871)
;subgenus ''Kazakia'' Bey-Bienko, 1933
# ''Dociostaurus brevicollis
''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 ...
'' (Eversmann, 1848)
# ''Dociostaurus genei
''Dociostaurus'' is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae, subfamily Gomphocerinae
Gomphocerinae, sometimes called "slant-faced grasshoppers", are a subfamily of grasshoppers found on every continent but Antarctica and Australia.
Tr ...
'' (Ocskay, 1832)
# ''Dociostaurus icconium
''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 ...
'' Sirin & Mol, 2013
# ''Dociostaurus jagoi
''Dociostaurus jagoi''Soltani (1978) ''J. Entomol. Soc. Iran Suppl.'' 2: 26. is a species of grasshoppers: typical of the tribe Dociostaurini and placed in the subgenus ''Kazakia''. It was named after the English orthopterist Nicholas Jago and ...
'' Soltani, 1978
# ''Dociostaurus tarbinskyi
''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 ...
'' (Bey-Bienko, 1933)
# ''Dociostaurus tartarus
''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 ...
'' Stshelkanovtzev, 1921
;subgenus ''Stauronotulus'' Tarbinsky, 1940
# '' Dociostaurus brachypterus'' Liu, 1981 emporary name/small>
# ''Dociostaurus cappadocicus
''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 ...
'' (Azam, 1913)
# ''Dociostaurus crassiusculus
''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 ...
'' (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