Pycnogaster Explained

Pycnogaster is a genus of bush crickets in the tribe Bradyporini erected by Mariano de la Paz Graells y de la Agüera in 1851.^[1] To date (2022) species have been recorded from the Iberian peninsula and North Africa.

Species

The Orthoptera Species File^[2] lists:

subgenus Bradygaster Bolívar, 1926

1. Pycnogaster algecirensis Bolívar, 1926
2. Pycnogaster finotii Bolívar, 1881
3. Pycnogaster gaditana Bolívar, 1900
4. Pycnogaster inermis (Rambur, 1838)
5. Pycnogaster ribesiglesiasii Olmo-Vidal, 2021
6. Pycnogaster sanchezgomezi Bolívar, 1897

subgenus Pycnogaster Graells, 1851

1. Pycnogaster cucullatus (Charpentier, 1825)
2. Pycnogaster graellsii Bolívar, 1873
3. Pycnogaster jugicola Graells, 1851 - type species
4. Pycnogaster valentini Pinedo & Llorente del Moral, 1987

Notes and References

1. Graells M de la P (1851) Descripción de algunos insectos nuevos pertenecientes a la fauna central de España. Memorias de la Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales de Madrid 1(2): 155.
2. http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1132306 Orthoptera Species File: genus Pycnogaster Graells, 1851 (retrieved 11 January 2023)