Bruntridactylus Explained

Bruntridactylus is a genus of African and Palaearctic pygmy mole crickets in the subfamily Dentridactylinae, erected by K.K. Günther in 1979.[1] Species have been recorded from: tropical Africa, eastern Europe, central and southern Asia and including Taiwan (this distribution is almost certainly incomplete).

Species

The Orthoptera Species File[2] lists:

  1. Bruntridactylus apicedentatus (Chopard, 1934)
  2. Bruntridactylus blackithi Günther, 1991
  3. Bruntridactylus brunneri (Saussure, 1896) - type species
  4. Bruntridactylus centralafricanus Günther, 1991
  5. Bruntridactylus formosanus (Shiraki, 1930)
  6. Bruntridactylus hannemanni Günther, 1991
  7. Bruntridactylus irremipes (Uvarov, 1934)
  8. Bruntridactylus katangensis Günther, 1995
  9. Bruntridactylus latihamatus Günther, 1991
  10. Bruntridactylus mocambicus Günther, 1991
  11. Bruntridactylus saussurei (Chopard, 1933)
  12. Bruntridactylus tartarus (Saussure, 1874)

Notes and References

  1. Günther KK (1979) Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 26(4-5): 260.
  2. http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1100192 Orthoptera Species File: genus Bruntridactylus Günther, 1979 (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 29 May 2023)