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Polysarcus

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Genus of cricket-like animal

Polysarcus
Polysarcus denticauda male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Phaneropterinae
Tribe: Barbitistini
Genus: Polysarcus
Fieber, 1853
Synonyms

Hadrosoma Fieber, 1853
Orphania Fischer, 1853

Polysarcus is a genus of bush crickets in the subfamily Phaneropterinae and tribe Barbitistini. Species can be found in western Europe (but not the British Isles or Scandinavia), Middle East through to Afghanistan.

Species

The Orthoptera Species File lists:

  1. Polysarcus denticauda (Charpentier, 1825) - type species
  2. Polysarcus elbursianus (Uvarov, 1930)
  3. Polysarcus scutatus (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882)
  4. Polysarcus zacharovi (Stshelkanovtzev, 1910)
  5. Polysarcus zigana Ünal & Chobanov, 2013
Polysarcus scutatus ovipositing female

References

  1. Kirby WF (1906) A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 2: 374.
  2. Fieber (1853) Lotos 3: 175.
  3. ^ Orthoptera Species File: genus Polysarcus Fieber, 1853 (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 3 July 2022)

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Taxon identifiers
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