Dociostaurus[1] is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae, subfamily Gomphocerinae and typical of the tribe Dociostaurini.[2] Species are found in Africa, southern Europe and Asia, and includes the economically important Moroccan locust.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Tribe: | Dociostaurini |
| Genus: | Dociostaurus Fieber, 1853 |
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Stauronotus Fischer, 1853 (for nominate subgenus) | |
Subgenera and Species edit
The Orthoptera Species File[2] 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 (Thunberg, 1815)
type species (as Gryllus maroccanus Thunberg[3]) - 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 [temporary name]
- Dociostaurus cappadocicus (Azam, 1913)
- Dociostaurus crassiusculus (Pantel, 1886)
- Dociostaurus dantini Bolívar, 1914
- Dociostaurus hauensteini (Bolívar, 1893)
- Dociostaurus kraussi (Ingenitskii, 1897)
- Dociostaurus kurdus Uvarov, 1921
Gallery edit
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D. cf. jagoi female -
D. cf. jagoi male -
D. maroccanus
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References edit
- ^ Fieber (1853) Lotos 3: 118.
- ^ a b Orthoptera Species File: genus Dociostaurus Fieber, 1853 (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 18 November 2021)
- ^ Kirby WF (1910) A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 3(2):674 pp.
External links edit
Media related to Dociostaurus at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Dociostaurus at Wikispecies- Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2011). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
