Bradyporinae

The Bradyporinae are a subfamily in the family Tettigoniidae (bush crickets or katydids), based on the type genus Bradyporus. First described as a family, "Bradyporidae" (Burmeister, H., 1838), the first use as Bradyporinae was by Brunner von Wattenwyl in 1878.[1]

Bradyporinae
Ephippiger perforatus female with spermatophore
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Bradyporinae
Burmeister, 1838
Synonyms
  • Bradyporidae Burmeister, 1838
  • Bradyporites Burmeister, 1838
  • Callimenidae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882
  • Pycnogastrinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882

Genera in this subfamily are mostly distributed in Europe, North Africa, through to temperate/subtropical Asia.[2]

Tribes and genera

Bradyporini

Auth.: Burmeister, 1838

  • Bradyporus Charpentier, 1825
  • Pycnogaster Graells, 1851

Ephippigerini

Auth.: Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878

  • Afrosteropleurus Barat, 2012
  • Albarracinia Barat, 2012 - monotypic A. zapaterii (Bolívar, 1877)
  • Baetica Bolivar, I., 1903 - monotypic
  • Callicrania Bolívar, 1898
  • Corsteropleurus Barat, 2012 - monotypic Corsteropleurus chopardi (Rungs, 1952)
  • Ephippiger Berthold, 1827
  • Ephippigerida Bolivar, 1903
  • Lluciapomaresius Barat, 2012
  • Lucasinova Barat, 2012 - monotypic L. nigromarginata (Lucas, 1849)
  • Neocallicrania Pfau, 1996
  • Parasteropleurus Barat, 2012
  • Platystolus Bolivar, I., 1878
  • Praephippigera Bolivar, 1903
  • Sabaterpia Barat, 2012
  • Sorapagus Barat, 2012 - monotypic S. catalaunicus (Bolívar, 1898)
  • Steropleurus Bolivar, 1878
  • Synephippius Navás, 1905 - monotypic S. obvius (Navás, 1904)
  • Uromenus Bolivar, 1878

Zichyini

Auth.: Bolivar I, 1901; distribution: Asia (mostly temperate)

  • Damalacantha Bei-Bienko, 1951
  • Deracantha Fischer von Waldheim, 1833
  • Deracanthella Bolivar, I., 1901
  • Deracanthina Bei-Bienko, 1951
  • Zichya Bolivar, I., 1901

References
  1. Brunner von Wattenwyl C (1878) Monographie der Phaneropteriden 11.
  2. Orthoptera Species File (retrieved 28 January 2019)
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