Paracaloptenus Explained

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.

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

Notes and References

1. Bolívar I (1878) An. Soc. Espan. Hist. Nat. 7: 92 [296].
2. http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1112868 Orthoptera Species File: genus Paracaloptenus Bolívar, 1878 (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 28 May 2023)