Xerohippus is a genus of Palaearctic grasshoppers in the tribe Dociostaurini erected by Boris Uvarov in 1942.[1] Species are recorded from North Africa, the Iberian peninsula and the Middle East up to the Black Sea (probably incomplete distribution).[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Subfamily: | Gomphocerinae |
| Tribe: | Dociostaurini |
| Genus: | Xerohippus Uvarov, 1942 |
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Species edit
The Orthoptera Species File[2] lists:
- Xerohippus alkani Karabag, 1953
- Xerohippus anatolicus Ramme, 1951
- Xerohippus azami (Bolívar, 1901)
- Xerohippus cyprius Uvarov, 1942 - type species
- Xerohippus occidentalis Pascual & Aguirre Segura, 1996
- Xerohippus palaestinus Uvarov, 1942
- Xerohippus rhelbanensis (Defaut, 1984)
- Xerohippus savignyi (Krauss, 1890)
- Xerohippus sinuosus Uvarov, 1942
- Xerohippus solerii (Jannone, 1936)
- Xerohippus syriacus (Bolívar, 1911)
References edit
- ^ Uvarov, B. P. (1942). "New and less known southern Palaearctic Orthoptera". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 67 (4): 303–361 [325]. JSTOR 25077483.
- ^ a b Orthoptera Species File: genus Xerohippus Uvarov, 1942 (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 28 May 2023)
External links edit
Data related to Dociostaurini at Wikispecies
