Polysarcus

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Polysarcus
Belly insect (Polysarcus denticauda)

Belly insect ( Polysarcus denticauda )

Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta)
Order : Grasshoppers (Orthoptera)
Subordination : Long- probe horror (Ensifera)
Family : Sickle horror (Phaneropteridae)
Genre : Polysarcus
Scientific name
Polysarcus
Fever , 1853

Polysarcus is agenus of locusts from the family of sickle freaks (Phaneropteridae).

features

The species of the genus Polysarcus are large and look clumsy. The fastigium (the tip part of the forehead in front of the eyes) is wider than the shaft part ( scapus ) of the antennae . The antennae are about as long as the body. The fore legs are shorter than the pronotum . There is no thorn on the front hips . Both the mesosternum and the metasternum of the thorax are incised at their posterior margin and have rounded and wide, but short, lobes. The animals are short-winged ( micropter ). The cerci of the females are cone-shaped, those of the males are evenly curved inwards from approximately the middle. The subgenital plate of the males suddenly narrows towards the apex and is slightly cut out at its rear edge. The ovipositor is for the most part straight ventrally, its last third is slightly curved upwards.

Occurrence

The distribution area of ​​the genus Polysarcus extends from southwest to southeast Europe and with two species ( P. denticauda and P. scutatus ) to Central Europe. In addition, it occurs in the south of the former USSR, in Anatolia and in the Elburs Mountains in the south of the Caspian Sea .

Systematics

The genus includes the following five species:

supporting documents

literature

  • Kurt Harz: The orthopterists of Europe . Volume 1, Dr. W. Junk NV, The Hague 1969.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Polysarcus at Orthoptera Species File Online , accessed August 24, 2013

Web links

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