Sphingoderus Explained

Sphingoderus is a genus of Palaearctic grasshoppers, in the tribe Sphingonotini, erected by Grigory Bey-Bienko in 1950.[1] The recorded distribution of species (probably incomplete) is: North Africa, Europe (Greece) through to central Asia.

Species

The Orthoptera Species File[2] lists:

  1. Sphingoderus angustus
  2. Sphingoderus carinatus - type species (as Sphingonotus coerulans variety carinata Saussure)

Notes and References

  1. Bey-Bienko G (1950) Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 31: 203, 205.
  2. http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1103649 Orthoptera Species File: genus Sphingoderus Bey-Bienko, 1950 (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 25 January 2024)