Orchamus (grasshopper) explained

Orchamus is a genus of European and western Asian grasshoppers belonging to the family Pamphagidae, erected by Carl Stål in 1876.^[1] Belonging to the tribe Pamphagini, species can be found in Greece through to Israel and Jordan.

Species

The Orthoptera Species File^[2] lists:

1. Orchamus gracilis (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882)
2. Orchamus hebraeus Uvarov, 1942
3. Orchamus kaltenbachi Massa, 2009
4. Orchamus massai Ünal, 2016
5. Orchamus raulinii (Lucas, 1854) - type species (as Acinipe raulinii Lucas, P.H.)
6. Orchamus yersini (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882)`

Notes and References

1. Stål C (1876) Bihang Kungl. Svenska Vet. Akad. Handl. 4(5): 30.
2. http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1116893 Orthoptera Species File: genus Orchamus Stål, 1876 (retrieved 3 January 2023)