Mogoplistes is a genus of African and European crickets which is typical of the family Mogoplistidae and tribe Mogoplistini,[1] erected by Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville in 1838.[2] This genus is distributed around the Mediterranean in mainland Europe and North Africa.[3] In 1984, the scaly cricket was moved from here to the new genus Pseudomogoplistes.[4]

Mogoplistes
Mogoplistes brunneus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Mogoplistidae
Subfamily: Mogoplistinae
Tribe: Mogoplistini
Genus: Mogoplistes
Serville, 1838
Synonyms
  • Mogisoplistes Finot, 1883
  • Mogisoplistus Saussure, 1877
  • Mogistoplistus Werner, 1934
  • Mogoplistus Scudder, 1869
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Species

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The Orthoptera Species File[3] lists:

  1. Mogoplistes argentatus Bolívar, 1881
  2. Mogoplistes brunneus Serville, 1838 - type species
  3. Mogoplistes kinzelbachi Harz, 1976
  4. Mogoplistes tridentatus Saussure, 1877

References

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  1. ^ Costa OG (1855) Fauna del regno di Napoli. Ortotteri 39.
  2. ^ Serville JGA (1838)[1839] Histoire naturelle des insectes. Orthoptères 357.
  3. ^ a b Orthoptera Species File: Genus Mogoplistes Serville, 1838 (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 20 April 2023)
  4. ^ Gorochov AV (1984) Zool. Zhur. 63(11): 1650.
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