Eurycorypha
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Eurycorypha is a genus of insect
in family Tettigoniidae
, commonly known as Bush crickets. The genus is indigenous to Sub-Saharan Africa
and Madagascar
, and contains the following species:
Insect
Insects are a class of living creatures within the arthropods that have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body , three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes, and two antennae...
in family Tettigoniidae
Tettigoniidae
The family Tettigoniidae, known in American English as katydids and in British English as bush-crickets, contains more than 6,400 species. It is part of the suborder Ensifera and the only family in the superfamily Tettigonioidea. They are also known as long-horned grasshoppers, although they are...
, commonly known as Bush crickets. The genus is indigenous to Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa as a geographical term refers to the area of the African continent which lies south of the Sahara. A political definition of Sub-Saharan Africa, instead, covers all African countries which are fully or partially located south of the Sahara...
and Madagascar
Madagascar
The Republic of Madagascar is an island country located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa...
, and contains the following species:
- Eurycorypha adicra
- Eurycorypha aequatorialis
- Eurycorypha arabica
- Eurycorypha brevicollis
- Eurycorypha brevipennis
- Eurycorypha brunneri
- Eurycorypha canaliculata
- Eurycorypha cereris
- Eurycorypha cuspidata
- Eurycorypha darlingi
- Eurycorypha diminuta
- Eurycorypha fallax
- Eurycorypha flavescens
- Eurycorypha gramineus
- Eurycorypha kevani
- Eurycorypha klaptoczi
- Eurycorypha laticercis
- Eurycorypha lesnei
- Eurycorypha meruensis
- Eurycorypha montana
- Eurycorypha mutica
- Eurycorypha ornatipes
- Eurycorypha prasinata
- Eurycorypha proserpinae
- Eurycorypha punctipennis
- Eurycorypha securifera
- Eurycorypha simillima
- Eurycorypha spinulosa
- Eurycorypha stenophthalma
- Eurycorypha strangulata
- Eurycorypha stylata
- Eurycorypha sudanensis
- Eurycorypha varia
- Eurycorypha velicauda
- Eurycorypha zebrata