Bucephaloptera is a genus of Palaearctic bush crickets in the tribe Platycleidini, erected by R. Ebner in 1923.[1] Species can be found in South-eastern Europe through to Iraq and Jordan in the Middle East.[2]

Bucephaloptera
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Tettigoniinae
Tribe: Platycleidini
Genus: Bucephaloptera
Ebner, 1923
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Species

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The Orthoptera Species File[2] lists the following accepted species:

  1. Bucephaloptera bolivari Karabag, 1950
  2. Bucephaloptera bucephala (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882) - type species (as Thamnotrizon bucephalus Brunner von Wattenwyl)
  3. Bucephaloptera convergens Karabag, 1950
  4. Bucephaloptera cypria Ramme, 1933
  5. Bucephaloptera ebneri Uvarov, 1927
  6. Bucephaloptera robusta Karabag, 1956

References

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  1. ^ Ebner R (1923) Revision der Gattung Psorodonotus (Orthoptera, Phasgonuridae). Konowia, Zeitschrift für Systematische Insektenkunde 2: 249–256.
  2. ^ a b Orthoptera Species File: genus Bucephaloptera Ebner, 1923 (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 3 May 2023)
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