Oryctopus[1] is a genus of insect in the subfamily Stenopelmatinae and the sole genus in the tribe Oryctopini. Species have been recorded from India and Sri Lanka.[2]

Oryctopus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Stenopelmatidae
Subfamily: Stenopelmatinae
Tribe: Oryctopini
Kevan, 1986
Genus: Oryctopus
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888

Species

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The Orthoptera Species File[2] lists:

  1. Oryctopus bolivari Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888 - type species
  2. Oryctopus bouvieri Karny, 1935
  3. Oryctopus prodigiosus Bolívar, 1900
  4. Oryctopus sordellii (Griffini, 1914)

References

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  1. ^ Brunner von Wattenwyl (1888) Verh. der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellsch. Wien 38: 266.
  2. ^ a b Oryctopus Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 28 July 2022)