Steropleurus

Steropleurus is a genus of European bush crickets in the tribe Ephippigerini, first described by Ignacio Bolívar in 1878.^[1] as Ephippiger (Steropleurus). To date (2022), species have only been recorded from the Iberian Peninsula.^[2]

Steropleurus
Steropleurus andalusius male
Steropleurus andalusius female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Tettigoniidae
Subfamily:	Bradyporinae
Tribe:	Ephippigerini
Genus:	Steropleurus Bolívar, 1878

Species

The Orthoptera Species File^[2] lists:

1. Steropleurus andalusius (Rambur, 1838) (2 subspecies)
2. Steropleurus brunnerii (Bolívar, 1877) - type species (as Ephippiger brunnerii Bolívar)
3. Steropleurus castellanus (Bolívar, 1878)
4. Steropleurus flavovittatus (Bolívar, 1878)
5. Steropleurus obsoletus (Bolívar, 1898)
6. Steropleurus pseudolus (Bolívar, 1878)
7. Steropleurus recticarinatus (Llorente del Moral, 1980)

Note: Steropleurus catalaunicus, the Catalan Saddle Bush-cricket, is now Sorapagus catalaunicus (Bolívar, 1898)