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Oryctopterus

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Oryctopterus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Stenopelmatidae
Subfamily: Stenopelmatinae
Tribe: Oryctopterini
Gorochov, 1988
Genus: Oryctopterus
Karny, 1937

Oryctopterus[1] is a genus of Orthopteran insects in the subfamily Stenopelmatinae and is the only genus in the tribe Oryctopterini.[2] Species have been recorded from India and Sri Lanka.[3]

Species

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The Orthoptera Species File[3] lists:

  1. Oryctopterus lagenipes (Karny, 1935) - type species (as Oryctopus lagenipes Karny, locality Sri Lanka)
  2. Oryctopterus varuna Hiremath & Prathapan, 2021
  3. Oryctopterus yeshwanthi Hiremath & Prathapan, 2021

References

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  1. ^ Karny HH (1937) Genera Insectorum 206: 40.
  2. ^ Gorochov AV (1988) Zool. Zhur. 67(4): 522.
  3. ^ a b Oryctopterus Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 29 July 2022)
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