Dericorys

Dericorys is the type genus of grasshoppers of the family Dericorythidae. Species have been recorded from Africa, the Iberian Peninsula, Atlantic islands and western-central Asia.

Two species, D. albidula and D. annulata defoliate Haloxylon in Central Asia and may be called "saxaul locusts" or "saxaul humpbacked grasshoppers"; on the other hand, D. minutus is critically endangered.

Species

The Orthoptera Species File lists:

1. Dericorys albidula <small>Serville, 1838</small> - type species
2. Dericorys annulata <small>Fieber, 1853</small>
3. Dericorys carthagonovae <small>Bolívar, 1897</small> - Iberian peninsula
4. Dericorys cyrtosterna <small>Uvarov, 1933</small>
5. Dericorys escalerai <small>Bolívar, 1936</small>
6. Dericorys guichardi <small>Dirsh, 1950</small>
7. Dericorys johnstoni <small>Uvarov, 1933</small>
8. Dericorys lobata <small>Brullé, 1840</small>
9. Dericorys millierei <small>Bonnet & Finot, 1884</small>
10. Dericorys minutus <small>Chopard, 1954</small>
11. Dericorys murati <small>Uvarov, 1938</small>
12. Dericorys philbyi <small>Uvarov, 1933</small>
13. Dericorys ramachandrai <small>Uvarov, 1933</small>
14. Dericorys tibialis <small>Pallas, 1773</small>
15. Dericorys uvarovi <small>Ramme, 1930</small>
16. Dericorys vitrea <small>Bey-Bienko, 1957</small>
17. Dericorys xenosterna <small>Uvarov, 1933</small>
18. Dericorys yemenita <small>Ingrisch, 1999</small>

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