{{Short description|Genus of grasshoppers}} {{Automatic taxobox |image=Epistaurus cf aberrans, Cat Tien NP, Vietnam.jpg |image_caption=''Epistaurus cf aberrans'', Cat Tien National Park |taxon=Epistaurus |authority=Bolívar, 1889 |type_species=''Epistaurus crucigerus'' |type_species_authority=Bolívar, 1889 |range_map= |range_map_caption= |synonyms= }}
'''''Epistaurus'''''<ref>Bolívar I (1889) ''J. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat., Lisboa (Ser. 2)'' 1: 164.</ref> is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae, subfamily Coptacrinae.<ref name=osf/><ref name="COL"/>
Species can be found in West and Central Africa, the Indian subcontinent, Indo-China and southern China.<ref name=osf/>
==Species== The ''Orthoptera Species File'' lists:<ref name=osf/> *''Epistaurus aberrans'' <small>Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893</small> *''Epistaurus bolivari'' <small>Karny, 1907</small> *''Epistaurus crucigerus'' <small>Bolívar, 1889</small> *''Epistaurus diopi'' <small>Mestre, 2001</small> *''Epistaurus meridionalis'' <small>Bi, 1984</small> *''Epistaurus sinetyi'' <small>Bolívar, 1902</small> *''Epistaurus succineus'' <small>Krauss, 1877</small>
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="COL">{{cite web|title=Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist.|url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2011/search/all/key/epistaurus/match/1|author=Roskov Y.|author2= Kunze T.|author3=Orrell T.|author4=Abucay L.|author5=Paglinawan L.|author6=Culham A.|author7=Bailly N.|author8=Kirk P.|author9=Bourgoin T.|author10=Baillargeon G.|author11=Decock W.|author12=De Wever A.|editor=Didžiulis V.|publisher=Species 2000: Reading, UK.|year=2011|accessdate=24 September 2012}}</ref> <ref name=osf>[http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1114841 Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 28 November 2018)]</ref> }}
==External links== *{{Commons category-inline}}
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Category:Coptacrinae Category:Acrididae genera Category:Orthoptera of Indo-China Category:Taxa named by Ignacio Bolívar