Coptacrinae
Poecilocerastis sp (female on left)
Eucoptacra anguliflava male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Infraorder: Acrididea
Informal group: Acridomorpha
Superfamily: Acridoidea
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Coptacrinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
Synonyms
  • Coptacrae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
  • Coptacridinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
  • Coptacrini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893

The Coptacrinae are a subfamily of Acrididae (originally described by Brunner von Wattenwyl under the synonym: Coptacrae[1]) in the Orthoptera: Caelifera. Species can be found in Africa and Asia.

Genera

The Orthoptera Species File lists the following:[2]

  • Apalacris Walker, 1870
  • Bocagella Bolívar, 1889 - Africa
  • Coptacra Stål, 1873 (type genus) - tropical Asia
  • Coptacrella Bolívar, 1902 - India
  • Coptacridia Ramme, 1941 - Eastern Himalayas
  • Cyphocerastis Karsch, 1891 - equatorial Africa
  • Ecphanthacris: E. mirabilis Tinkham, 1940 - eastern China
  • Ecphymacris Bi, 1984: E. lofaoshana (Tinkham, 1940) - eastern China
  • Epistaurus Bolívar, 1889 - Africa, India, Indo-China
  • Eucoptacra Bolívar, 1902 - Africa, India, Indo-China, peninsular Malaysia, Borneo
  • Eustaurus: E. tibialus Mahmood & Yousuf, 2000 - Pakistan
  • Exochoderes Bolívar, 1882 - Angola
  • Hintzia: H. squamiptera Ramme, 1929 - Cameroon
  • Pamphagella Bruner, 1910 - Madagascar
  • Paracoptacra Karsch, 1896 - equatorial Africa
  • Parepistaurus Karsch, 1896 - central & southern Africa
  • Physocrobylus Dirsh, 1951 - Tanzania
  • Pirithoicus Uvarov, 1940 - India
  • Poecilocerastis Ramme, 1929 - central Africa
  • Pseudotraulia - monotypic - P, cornuata Laosinchai & Jago, 1980 - China, Thailand
  • Rhopaloceracris Tinkham, 1940 - eastern China, Viet Nam
  • Ruwenzoracris Rehn, 1914 - equatorial Africa

References

  1. Brunner von Wattenwyl C (1893) Révision du système des orthoptères et description des espèces rapportées par M. Leonardo Fea de Birmanie. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale ‘Giacomo Doria’, Genova, vol. 33, pp. 1–230 (original text).
  2. Orthoptera Species File: Coptacrinae (2 February 2018)
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