Choroedocus
Spotted winged Locust (Choroedocus illustris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Catantopinae
Genus: Choroedocus
Bolívar, 1914
Synonyms

Demodocus Stål, 1878

Choroedocus[1] is a genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Catantopinae, not assigned to any tribe. Species can be found in South Africa, India and Indo-China.[2]

Species

The Orthoptera Species File[2] lists:

  • Choroedocus capensis (Thunberg, 1815) - type species (as Gryllus capensis Thunberg)
  • Choroedocus illustris (Walker, 1870)
  • Choroedocus pallens Uvarov, 1933
  • Choroedocus robustus (Serville, 1838)
  • Choroedocus sparsus (Serville, 1838)
  • Choroedocus violaceipes Miller, 1934

References

  1. ↑ Bolívar I (1914) Trab. Mus. Cienc. nat., Madrid (Ser. zool.) 20:8 (available at www.biodiversitylibrary.org)
  2. 1 2 Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 6 August 2019)
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