Paracaloptenus

Paracaloptenus is a genus of Palaearctic grasshoppers in the subfamily Calliptaminae, erected by Ignacio Bolívar in 1878.[1] Records of occurrence are from Spain and France, with a discontinuous (probably incomplete) distribution through to Ukraine and Turkey.[2]

Paracaloptenus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Calliptaminae
Genus: Paracaloptenus
Bolívar, 1878
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Species

The Orthoptera Species File[2] lists:

  1. Paracaloptenus bolivari Uvarov, 1942
  2. Paracaloptenus caloptenoides (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1861), subspecies:
    1. P. caloptenoides brunneri (Stål, 1876)
    2. P. caloptenoides caloptenoides (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1861) - type species (as Platyphyma caloptenoides Brunner von Wattenwyl)
    3. P. caloptenoides moreanus Willemse, 1973
  3. Paracaloptenus cristatus Willemse, 1973

References
  1. Bolívar I (1878) An. Soc. Espan. Hist. Nat. 7: 92 [296].
  2. Orthoptera Species File: genus Paracaloptenus Bolívar, 1878 (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 28 May 2023)
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