| Sorapagus | |
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| Sorapagus catalaunicus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Tettigoniidae |
| Subfamily: | Bradyporinae |
| Tribe: | Ephippigerini |
| Genus: | Sorapagus Barat, 2012 |
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Sorapagus is a monotypic genus of bush crickets in the tribe Ephippigerini, erected by J. Barat in 2012. [1] The single species had long been placed in the genus Steropleurus . [2]
The Orthoptera Species File [3] only includes Sorapagus catalaunicus(Bolívar, 1898) in this genus. It is endemic to the Pyrénées mountain range and sometimes called the Catalan saddle bush-cricket.
Insects in the family Tettigoniidae are commonly called katydids, or bush crickets. They have previously been known as "long-horned grasshoppers". More than 8,000 species are known. Part of the suborder Ensifera, the Tettigoniidae are the only extant (living) family in the superfamily Tettigonioidea.
Orthoptera is an order of insects that comprises the grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets, including closely related insects, such as the bush crickets or katydids and wētā. The order is subdivided into two suborders: Caelifera – grasshoppers, locusts, and close relatives; and Ensifera – crickets and close relatives.
The family Gryllidae contains the subfamilies and genera which entomologists now term true crickets. Having long, whip-like antennae, they belong to the Orthopteran suborder Ensifera, which has been greatly reduced in the last 100 years : taxa such as the spider-crickets and allies, sword-tail crickets, wood or ground crickets and scaly crickets have been elevated to family level. The type genus is Gryllus and the first use of the family name "Gryllidae" was by Francis Walker.
Ensifera is a suborder of insects that includes the various types of crickets and their allies including: true crickets, camel crickets, bush crickets or katydids, grigs, weta and Cooloola monsters. This and the suborder Caelifera make up the order Orthoptera. Ensifera is believed to be a more ancient group than Caelifera, with its origins in the Carboniferous period, the split having occurred at the end of the Permian period. Unlike the Caelifera, the Ensifera contain numerous members that are partially carnivorous, feeding on other insects, as well as plants.
Meconema is the type genus of European bush crickets in the subfamily Meconematinae, tribe Meconematini and subtribe Meconematina.
The cohort Polyneoptera is a proposed taxonomic ranking for the Orthoptera and all other Neopteran insects believed to be more closely related to Orthoptera than to any other insect orders. These winged insects, now in the Paraneoptera, were formerly grouped as the Hemimetabola or Exopterygota on the grounds that they have no metamorphosis, the wings gradually developing externally throughout the nymphal stages.
Olcinia is a genus of bush crickets in the sub-family Pseudophyllinae and tribe Cymatomerini. They are found in tropical forest regions of Indo-China and Malesia.
Bicolorana is a genus of bush crickets in the subfamily Tettigoniinae and tribe Platycleidini. Species can be found in many parts of mainland Europe, through central Asia to the Korean peninsula.
The Ephippigerini are a tribe of bush crickets in the subfamily Bradyporinae, erected by Brunner von Wattenwyl in 1878. Species have been recorded from mainland Europe, North Africa and the Horn of Africa.
Uromenus is a genus of bush crickets in the sub-family Bradyporinae and tribe Ephippigerini.
Neocallicrania is a genus of armoured ground-crickets in the family Tettigoniidae. There are about six described species in Neocallicrania, found mainly in southwest Europe.
Steropleurus is a genus of European bush crickets in the tribe Ephippigerini, first described by Ignacio Bolívar in 1878. as Ephippiger (Steropleurus). To date (2022), species have only been recorded from the Iberian peninsula.
Ephippigerida is a genus of European bush crickets in the tribe Ephippigerini, first described by Ignacio Bolívar in 1903 as Uromenus (Ephippigerida). To date (2022) species have only been recorded from the Iberian peninsula.
Platystolus is a genus of European bush crickets in the tribe Ephippigerini, first described by Ignacio Bolívar in 1878. To date (2022), species have only been recorded from France and the Iberian peninsula.
Callicrania is a genus of European bush crickets in the tribe Ephippigerini, first described by Ignacio Bolívar in 1898 as "Ephippigera (Callicrania)". To date (2022), species have only been recorded from the Iberian peninsula.
Parasteropleurus is a genus of bush crickets in the tribe Ephippigerini, erected by J. Barat in 2012 with insects that resembled Steropleurus. To date (2022) species have been recorded from the Iberian peninsula and North Africa.
Lluciapomaresius is a genus of European bush crickets in the tribe Ephippigerini, first described by J. Barat in 2012. To date (2023) species have only been recorded from the Iberian peninsula.
Sabaterpia is a genus of European bush crickets in the tribe Ephippigerini, first described by J. Barat in 2012. To date (2023) species have been recorded from the Iberian peninsula and North Africa.
Coracinotus is a genus of European bush crickets in the tribe Ephippigerini, first described by J. Barat in 2012. To date (2023) species have only been recorded from the Iberian peninsula.
Data related to Ephippigerini at Wikispecies