Dociostaurus[1] is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae, subfamily Gomphocerinae and typical of the tribe Dociostaurini.[2] Species are found in Africa, southern Europe and Asia, and includes the economically important Moroccan locust.

Dociostaurus
Dociostaurus sp. male & female (below)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Tribe: Dociostaurini
Genus: Dociostaurus
Fieber, 1853
Synonyms

Stauronotus Fischer, 1853 (for nominate subgenus)

Subgenera and Species

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The Orthoptera Species File[2] lists:

subgenus Dociostaurus Fieber, 1853
  1. Dociostaurus ciostaurus Fieber, 1853
  2. Dociostaurus apicalis (Walker, 1871)
  3. Dociostaurus australis (Bolívar, 1889)
  4. Dociostaurus brachypterus Demirsoy, 1979
  5. Dociostaurus cephalotes Uvarov, 1923
  6. Dociostaurus curvicercus Uvarov, 1942
  7. Dociostaurus diamesus Bey-Bienko, 1948
  8. Dociostaurus hammadae Ingrisch, 1983
  9. Dociostaurus hispanicus Bolívar, 1898
  10. Dociostaurus histrio (Fischer von Waldheim, 1846)
  11. Dociostaurus kervillei Bolívar, 1911
  12. Dociostaurus maroccanus (Thunberg, 1815)
    type species (as Gryllus maroccanus Thunberg[3])
  13. Dociostaurus minutus La Greca, 1962
  14. Dociostaurus pecularis Moeed, 1971
  15. Dociostaurus plotnikovi Uvarov, 1921
  16. Dociostaurus salmani Demirsoy, 1979
  17. Dociostaurus turbatus (Walker, 1871)
subgenus Kazakia Bey-Bienko, 1933
  1. Dociostaurus brevicollis (Eversmann, 1848)
  2. Dociostaurus genei (Ocskay, 1832)
  3. Dociostaurus icconium Sirin & Mol, 2013
  4. Dociostaurus jagoi Soltani, 1978
  5. Dociostaurus tarbinskyi (Bey-Bienko, 1933)
  6. Dociostaurus tartarus Stshelkanovtzev, 1921
subgenus Stauronotulus Tarbinsky, 1940
  1. Dociostaurus brachypterus Liu, 1981 [temporary name]
  2. Dociostaurus cappadocicus (Azam, 1913)
  3. Dociostaurus crassiusculus (Pantel, 1886)
  4. Dociostaurus dantini Bolívar, 1914
  5. Dociostaurus hauensteini (Bolívar, 1893)
  6. Dociostaurus kraussi (Ingenitskii, 1897)
  7. Dociostaurus kurdus Uvarov, 1921
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References

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  1. ^ Fieber (1853) Lotos 3: 118.
  2. ^ a b Orthoptera Species File: genus Dociostaurus Fieber, 1853 (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 18 November 2021)
  3. ^ Kirby WF (1910) A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 3(2):674 pp.
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  •   Media related to Dociostaurus at Wikimedia Commons
  •   Data related to Dociostaurus at Wikispecies
  • Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2011). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 8 September 2012.