Brachytrupes

Brachytrupes is a genus of mostly African crickets in the family Gryllidae.

Brachytrupes
Brachytrupes megacephalus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Gryllidae
Tribe:	Gryllini
Genus:	Brachytrupes Serville, 1839
Synonyms
Brachytrypes Agassiz, 1846 Brachytrypus Saussure, 1877

Species[1]

• Brachytrupes calaharicus (Karny, 1910)
• Brachytrupes chopardi (Uvarov, 1922)
• Brachytrupes grandidieri (Saussure, 1877)
• Brachytrupes megacephalus (Lefèvre, 1827)
• Brachytrupes membranaceus (Drury, 1773) - type species (as Gryllus membranaceus Drury = B. membranaceus membranaceus)
• Brachytrupes politus (Bolivar, I., 1890)
• Brachytrupes testaceus (Karny, 1910)

Note: "Brachytrupes portentosus" (Lichtenstein AAH, 1796)[2] is a synonym of Tarbinskiellus portentosus: found in Asia.[3]

References

1. Biolib
2. GBIF: Brachytrupes portentosus (Lichtenstein, A.A.H., 1796)
3. Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0)