Xerohippus Explained

Xerohippus is a genus of Palaearctic grasshoppers in the tribe Dociostaurini erected by Boris Uvarov in 1942.^[1] Species are recorded from North Africa, the Iberian peninsula and the Middle East up to the Black Sea (probably incomplete distribution).

Species

The Orthoptera Species File^[2] lists:

1. Xerohippus alkani Karabag, 1953
2. Xerohippus anatolicus Ramme, 1951
3. Xerohippus azami (Bolívar, 1901)
4. Xerohippus cyprius Uvarov, 1942 - type species
5. Xerohippus occidentalis Pascual & Aguirre Segura, 1996
6. Xerohippus palaestinus Uvarov, 1942
7. Xerohippus rhelbanensis (Defaut, 1984)
8. Xerohippus savignyi (Krauss, 1890)
9. Xerohippus sinuosus Uvarov, 1942
10. Xerohippus solerii (Jannone, 1936)
11. Xerohippus syriacus (Bolívar, 1911)

Notes and References

1. New and less known southern Palaearctic Orthoptera . Uvarov . B. P. . Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 1942 . 67 . 4 . 303–361 [325]. 25077483 .
2. http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1105682 Orthoptera Species File: genus Xerohippus Uvarov, 1942 (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 28 May 2023)