Arachnocephalus

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Arachnocephalus
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Arachnocephalus vestitus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Mogoplistidae
Subfamily: Mogoplistinae
Tribe: Arachnocephalini
Genus: Arachnocephalus
Costa, 1855
Synonyms
  • Physoblemma Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1873
  • Pseudometrypa Karsch, 1896
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Arachnocephalus is a genus of crickets in the family Mogoplistidae and typical of the tribe Arachnocephalini, [1] erected by O.G. Costa in 1855. [2] Widespread records of distribution are discontinuous (and probably incomplete), they include: Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia and South America. [3]

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Species

The Orthoptera Species File [3] lists:

  1. Arachnocephalus angustifrons Chopard, 1955
  2. Arachnocephalus australicus Chopard, 1925
  3. Arachnocephalus bidentatus Chopard, 1951
  4. Arachnocephalus breviceps Chopard, 1929
  5. Arachnocephalus brevis Gorochov, 2017
  6. Arachnocephalus brevissimus Shiraki, 1911
  7. Arachnocephalus brincki Chopard, 1955
  8. Arachnocephalus brunnerianus Saussure, 1877
  9. Arachnocephalus bugnioni Chopard, 1969
  10. Arachnocephalus dewitzi Saussure, 1877
  11. Arachnocephalus gracilis Chopard, 1929
  12. Arachnocephalus kevani Chopard, 1954
  13. Arachnocephalus longicercis Chopard, 1925
  14. Arachnocephalus maculifrons Roy, 1969
  15. Arachnocephalus maritimus Saussure, 1877
  16. Arachnocephalus mediocris Chopard, 1955
  17. Arachnocephalus medvedevi Gorochov, 1994
  18. Arachnocephalus meruensis Sjöstedt, 1910
  19. Arachnocephalus minutus Chopard, 1955
  20. Arachnocephalus nigrifrons Chopard, 1917
  21. Arachnocephalus putridus (Karsch, 1896)
  22. Arachnocephalus rufoniger (Sjöstedt, 1910)
  23. Arachnocephalus shackletoni Chopard, 1925
  24. Arachnocephalus steini Saussure, 1877
  25. Arachnocephalus subsulcatus Saussure, 1899
  26. Arachnocephalus vestitus Costa, 1855 - type species

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References

  1. Gorochov AV (1984) Zool. Zhur. 63(11): 1650.
  2. Costa OG (1855) Fauna del regno di Napoli. Ortotteri 41.
  3. 1 2 Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 20 April 2023)