{{Short description|Genus of insects}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Brachaspis nivalis 118826653.jpg |image_caption = ''Brachaspis nivalis'' |taxon = Brachaspis |authority = Hutton, 1898 }}
'''''Brachaspis''''' is a genus of grasshoppers belonging to the family Acrididae.<ref name="GBIF">{{cite web |title=Brachaspis Hutton, 1898 |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/1705832 |website=www.gbif.org |access-date=10 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A:1012263717279|doi=10.1023/A:1012263717279|year=2001|last1=Trewick|first1=Steven A.|title=Identity of an endangered grasshopper (Acrididae: Brachaspis): Taxonomy, molecules and conservation|journal=Conservation Genetics|volume=2|issue=3|pages=233–243|s2cid=21828397|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
The species of this genus are found in New Zealand.<ref name="GBIF" /> In 2023 all species in this genus were moved to the genus ''Sigaus''.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Trewick |first=Steven A. |last2=Koot |first2=Emily M. |last3=Morgan-Richards |first3=Mary |date=2023 |title=Māwhitiwhiti Aotearoa: Phylogeny and synonymy of the silent alpine grasshopper radiation of New Zealand (Orthoptera: Acrididae) |url=https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5383.2.7 |journal=Zootaxa |volume=5383 |issue=2 |pages=225–241 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.5383.2.7 |issn=1175-5334}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Orthoptera Species File - Sigaus Hutton, 1898 |url=https://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/otus/814839/overview |access-date=2024-09-10 |website=orthoptera.speciesfile.org |language=en}}</ref>
Species:<ref name="GBIF" />
*''Brachaspis collinus'' {{small|(Hutton, 1898)}} *''Brachaspis nivalis'' {{small|(Hutton, 1898)}} - '''type species''' *''Brachaspis robustus'' {{small|Bigelow, 1967}}
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Category:Catantopinae Category:Caelifera genera