Pteroplistes Explained

Pteroplistes is the type genus of the Pteroplistidae, a family of crickets: it was erected by Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl in 1873.^[1] Species have been recorded from India and western Malesia.^[2]

Genera and Species

The Orthoptera Species File^[2] lists:

subgenus Eupteroplistes

1. Pteroplistes tarbinskyi

subgenus Pteroplistes

1. Pteroplistes acinaceus - type species
2. Pteroplistes borneoensis
3. Pteroplistes bruneiensis
4. Pteroplistes kervasae
5. Pteroplistes lagrecai
6. Pteroplistes malaccanus
7. Pteroplistes masinagudi
8. Pteroplistes platycleis
9. Pteroplistes platyxiphus
10. Pteroplistes silam
11. Pteroplistes sumatranus

Note: †Pteroplistes danicus is now the unplaced †Proeneopterotrypus danicus

External links

• Saussure's drawing of Pteroplistes acinaceus at the Orthoptera Species File

Notes and References

1. Brunner von Wattenwyl C (1873) Mitt. Schweiz. Ent. Gesellsch. 4(4): 169.
2. https://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/otus/834848/overview Orthoptera Species File: genus Pteroplistes Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1873 (retrieved 13 November 2024)