Psorodonotus Explained

Psorodonotus is a genus of Palaearctic bush crickets in the tribe Pholidopterini, erected by Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl in 1861.^[1]

Species in this genus inhabit humid montane meadows from south-eastern Europe to central Asia (distribution probably incomplete).

Species

The Orthoptera Species File^[2] lists:

species group caucasicus (Fischer von Waldheim, 1846)

1. Psorodonotus anatolicus Karabag, 1952
2. Psorodonotus caucasicus (Fischer von Waldheim, 1846)
3. Psorodonotus ebneri Karabag, 1952
4. Psorodonotus fieberi (Frivaldszky, 1853) - type species (as Pterolepis fieberi Frivaldszky, by subsequent designation^[3])
5. Psorodonotus illyricus Ebner, 1923
6. Psorodonotus macedonicus Ramme, 1931
7. Psorodonotus salmani Ünal, 2013
8. Psorodonotus suphani Taylan & Sirin, 2014

species group specularis (Fischer von Waldheim, 1839)

1. Psorodonotus davisi Karabag, 1957
2. Psorodonotus giresun Kaya & Çiplak, 2014
3. Psorodonotus inflatus Uvarov, 1912
4. Psorodonotus soganli Ünal, 2013
5. Psorodonotus specularis (Fischer von Waldheim, 1839)

species group venosus (Fischer von Waldheim, 1839)

1. Psorodonotus hakkari Kaya, Korkmaz & Çiplak, 2013
2. Psorodonotus rugulosus Karabag, 1952
3. Psorodonotus tendurek Kaya, Korkmaz & Çiplak, 2013
4. Psorodonotus venosus (Fischer von Waldheim, 1839)

External links

• Images at iNaturalist

Notes and References

1. Brunner von Wattenwyl C (1861) Verh. der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellsch. Wien 11: 290.
2. http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1142312 Orthoptera Species File: genus Psorodonotus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1861
3. Herman O (1874) Verh. der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellsch. Wien 24: 191-210, Taf. III-VI [200, 208]