Oedipoda

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Oedipoda
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Oedipoda caerulescens
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Oedipodinae
Tribe: Oedipodini
Genus: Oedipoda
Latreille, 1829
Synonyms
  • Aedipoda Le Guillou, 1841
  • Ctyphippus Bolívar, 1876
  • Ctypohippus Fieber, 1852
  • Eusternum Wesmaël, 1838

Oedipoda [1] is the type genus of grasshoppers, in the subfamily Oedipodinae, mostly from the Palaearctic realm. The type species is the European "blue-winged grasshopper", Oedipoda caerulescens .

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Species

The Orthoptera Species File lists: [2]

species group caerulescens (Linnaeus, 1758)
  1. Oedipoda caerulescens (Linnaeus, 1758)
  2. Oedipoda canariensis Krauss, 1892
  3. Oedipoda charpentieri Fieber, 1853
  4. Oedipoda miniata (Pallas, 1771)
  5. Oedipoda schochii Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1884
species group germanica (Latreille, 1804)
  1. Oedipoda aurea Uvarov, 1923
  2. Oedipoda coerulea Saussure, 1884
  3. Oedipoda fuscocincta Lucas, 1847
  4. Oedipoda germanica (Latreille, 1804)
  5. Oedipoda venusta Fieber, 1853
species group not determined
  1. Oedipoda cynthiae Fontana, Buzzetti & Massa, 2019
  2. Oedipoda discessa Steinmann, 1965
  3. Oedipoda fedtschenki Saussure, 1884 (2 subspecies)
  4. Oedipoda himalayana Uvarov, 1925
  5. Oedipoda infumata Bey-Bienko, 1949
  6. Oedipoda jaxartensis Uvarov, 1912
  7. Oedipoda kurda Descamps, 1967
  8. Oedipoda ledereri Saussure, 1888
  9. Oedipoda liturata Le Guillou, 1841- southwestern Pacific
  10. Oedipoda maculata Le Guillou, 1841 - Sulawesi
  11. Oedipoda muchei Harz, 1978
  12. Oedipoda neelumensis Mahmood & Yousuf, 1999
  13. Oedipoda pernix Steinmann, 1965
  14. Oedipoda tincta Walker, 1870
  15. Oedipoda turkestanica Steinmann, 1965
† extinct species
  1. Oedipoda germari Heer, 1865
  2. Oedipoda haidingeri Heer, 1865
  3. Oedipoda longipennis Poncrácz, 1928
  4. Oedipoda nigrofasciolata Heer, 1849
  5. Oedipoda oeningensis Heer, 1849
  6. Oedipoda pulchra Poncrácz, 1928

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References

  1. Latreille PA (1829) In Cuvier. Règne animal 2(5):188.
  2. Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 27 September 2022)