Epacromius is a genus of Palaearctic grasshoppers, typical of the tribe Epacromiini, erected by Boris Uvarov in 1942.[1] The recorded distribution of species is France and Spain in western Europe through temperate Asia to Japan (but locality records may be incomplete).[2]

Epacromius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Oedipodinae
Tribe: Epacromiini
Genus: Epacromius
Uvarov, 1942
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Species edit

The Orthoptera Species File[2] lists:

  1. Epacromius coerulipes (Ivanov, 1888)
  2. Epacromius fallax Wang, 2007
  3. Epacromius japonicus (Shiraki, 1910)
  4. Epacromius pulverulentus (Fischer von Waldheim, 1846)
  5. Epacromius tergestinus (Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1825) - type species (as Gryllus tergestinus Megerle von Mühlfeld = E. tergestinus tergestinus, one of 3 subspecies: by subsequent designation[3])

References edit

  1. ^ Uvarov BP (1942) New and less known southern Palaearctic Orthoptera. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 67(4): 337, 338 [1941].
  2. ^ a b Orthoptera Species File: genus Epacromius Uvarov, 1942 (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 28 May 2023)
  3. ^ Johnston HB (1956) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers 833 pp.

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