Oxyrrhepes Explained

Oxyrrhepes^[1] is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae and subfamily Catantopinae; it is the only genus placed in tribe Oxyrrhepini Tinkham, 1940.

The recorded distribution of species includes: Sri Lanka, China, Indo-China and Malesia.^[2]

Species

The Orthoptera Species File lists:

1. Oxyrrhepes cantonensis Tinkham, 1940 - China
2. Oxyrrhepes meyeri Willemse, 1936 - Sulawesi
3. Oxyrrhepes obtusa Haan, 1842 - type species (as Opsomala lineatitarsis Stål) - China, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Malesia

External links

• Photo at Flickr

Oxyrrhepes obtusa by Tyus Ma

• Web site: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist.. Roskov Y.. Kunze T.. Orrell T.. Abucay L.. Paglinawan L.. Culham A.. Bailly N.. Kirk P.. Bourgoin T.. Baillargeon G.. Decock W.. De Wever A.. Didžiulis V.. Species 2000: Reading, UK.. 2011. 24 November 2018.

Notes and References

1. Stål C (1873) Ofv. K. Vetensk. Akad. Forh. 30(4): 53.
2. http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1108484 Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 24 November 2018)