Coptacrinae Explained
The Coptacrinae are a subfamily of Acrididae (originally described by Brunner von Wattenwyl under the synonym: Coptacrae[1]) in the Orthoptera: Caelifera. Species can be found in Africa and Asia.
Genera
The Orthoptera Species File lists the following:[2]
- Apalacris Walker, 1870
- Bocagella Bolívar, 1889 - Africa
- Coptacra Stål, 1873 (type genus) - tropical Asia
- Coptacrella Bolívar, 1902 - India
- Coptacridia Ramme, 1941 - Eastern Himalayas
- Cyphocerastis Karsch, 1891 - equatorial Africa
- Ecphanthacris: E. mirabilis Tinkham, 1940 - eastern China
- Ecphymacris Bi, 1984: E. lofaoshana (Tinkham, 1940) - eastern China
- Epistaurus Bolívar, 1889 - Africa, India, Indo-China
- Eucoptacra Bolívar, 1902 - Africa, India, Indo-China, peninsular Malaysia, Borneo
- Eustaurus: E. tibialus Mahmood & Yousuf, 2000 - Pakistan
- Exochoderes Bolívar, 1882 - Angola
- Hintzia: H. squamiptera Ramme, 1929 - Cameroon
- Pamphagella Bruner, 1910 - Madagascar
- Paracoptacra Karsch, 1896 - equatorial Africa
- Parepistaurus Karsch, 1896 - central & southern Africa
- Physocrobylus Dirsh, 1951 - Tanzania
- Pirithoicus Uvarov, 1940 - India
- Poecilocerastis Ramme, 1929 - central Africa
- Pseudotraulia - monotypic - P, cornuata Laosinchai & Jago, 1980 - China, Thailand
- Rhopaloceracris Tinkham, 1940 - eastern China, Viet Nam
- Ruwenzoracris Rehn, 1914 - equatorial Africa
Notes and References
- Brunner von Wattenwyl C (1893) Révision du système des orthoptères et description des espèces rapportées par M. Leonardo Fea de Birmanie. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale ‘Giacomo Doria’, Genova, vol. 33, pp. 1–230 (original text).
- http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1114811 Orthoptera Species File: Coptacrinae (2 February 2018)
