Euryphyminae

The Euryphyminae are a subfamily of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae, based on the type genus Euryphymus and may be called "agile grasshoppers"; it was erected by Vitaly Michailovitsh Dirsh in 1956.[1] Species have been recorded from parts of sub-Saharan Africa including Madagascar (but the distribution may be incomplete).[2]

Euryphyminae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Euryphyminae
Dirsh, 1956
Synonyms

Euryphymi Dirsh, 1956

Genera

A key to genera is given by Hemp & Rowell.[3] The Orthoptera Species File includes:[2]

  1. Acoryphella Giglio-Tos, 1907
  2. Acrophymus Uvarov, 1922
  3. Amblyphymus Uvarov, 1922
  4. Anabibia Dirsh, 1956
  5. Aneuryphymus Uvarov, 1922
  6. Brachyphymus Uvarov, 1922
  7. Calliptamicus Uvarov, 1922
  8. Calliptamuloides Dirsh, 1956
  9. Calliptamulus Uvarov, 1922
  10. Catantopoides Johnsen, 1990
  11. Euryphymus Stål, 1873
  12. Kevanacris Dirsh, 1961
  13. Pachyphymus Uvarov, 1922
  14. Phymeurus Giglio-Tos, 1907
  15. Platacanthoides Kirby, 1910
  16. Plegmapteroides Dirsh, 1959
  17. Plegmapteropsis Dirsh, 1956
  18. Plegmapterus Martínez y Fernández-Castillo, 1898
  19. Rhachitopis Uvarov, 1922
  20. Rhachitopoides Naskrecki, 1995
  21. Rhodesiana (grasshopper) Dirsh, 1959
  22. Somaliacris Dirsh, 1959
  23. Surudia Uvarov, 1930

References
  1. Dirsh VM (1956) Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. London 108(7): 255.
  2. Orthoptera Species File: subfamily Euryphyminae Dirsh, 1956 (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 2 September 2022)
  3. Hemp C, Rowell H (2020) Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 4. Acrididae: Euryphyminae, Cyrtacanthacridinae, Oedipodinae.
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