Eupholidoptera

Eupholidoptera is a genus of Palaearctic bush crickets belonging to the subfamily Tettigoniinae, erected by Josef Mařan in 1953.^[1]

Distribution

Species belonging to this genus are present in mainland Europe (not the British Isles or Scandinavia) and in the Near East.^[2][3]

Species

The Orthoptera Species File^[2] lists genera in two superspecies:

Superspecies chabrieri

• subgroup annulipes

1. Eupholidoptera annulipes
2. Eupholidoptera marashensis

• subgroup megastyla

1. Eupholidoptera bimucronata
2. Eupholidoptera cephalonica
3. Eupholidoptera chabrieri - type species
4. Eupholidoptera danconai
5. Eupholidoptera epirotica
6. Eupholidoptera garganica
7. Eupholidoptera hesperica
8. Eupholidoptera leucasi
9. Eupholidoptera magnifica
10. Eupholidoptera megastyla
11. Eupholidoptera schmidti
12. Eupholidoptera tyrrhenica

• subgroup peneri

1. Eupholidoptera gemellata
2. Eupholidoptera pallipes
3. Eupholidoptera peneri

• subgroup smyrnensis

1. Eupholidoptera cypria
2. Eupholidoptera helina
3. Eupholidoptera ledereri
4. Eupholidoptera lyra
5. Eupholidoptera palaestinensis
6. Eupholidoptera smyrnensis
7. Eupholidoptera werneri

• subgroup uvarovi

1. Eupholidoptera akdeniz
2. Eupholidoptera uvarovi

• not placed in a subgroup

1. Eupholidoptera stelae

Superspecies prasina

• subgroup anatolica

1. Eupholidoptera abscondita
2. Eupholidoptera anatolica
3. Eupholidoptera demirsoyi
4. Eupholidoptera excisa
5. Eupholidoptera forcipata
6. Eupholidoptera icariensis
7. Eupholidoptera jacquelinae
8. Eupholidoptera karabagi
9. Eupholidoptera krueperi
10. Eupholidoptera kykladica
11. Eupholidoptera mersinensis
12. Eupholidoptera prasina
13. Eupholidoptera sevketi
14. Eupholidoptera spinigera
15. Eupholidoptera tahtalica
16. Eupholidoptera tasheliensis
17. Eupholidoptera tauricola
18. Eupholidoptera tucherti
19. Eupholidoptera unimacula

• subgroup latens

1. Eupholidoptera annamariae
2. Eupholidoptera astyla
3. Eupholidoptera cretica
4. Eupholidoptera feri
5. Eupholidoptera francisae
6. Eupholidoptera giuliae
7. Eupholidoptera latens
8. Eupholidoptera mariannae
9. Eupholidoptera marietheresae

• not placed in a subgroup

1. Eupholidoptera kekrops
2. Eupholidoptera singularis

Superspecies not determined

1. Eupholidoptera gocmeni

References

1. ^ Mařan J (1953) Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Pholidoptera Wesm. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 28, 209–221. Available here
2. ^ Orthoptera Species File: genus Eupholidoptera Maran, 1953 (retrieved 8 August 2025)]
3. ^ Fauna Europaea

• Ramme, 1950 : Zur Systema-tik, Faunistik und Biologie der Orthopteren von Siidost-Europa und Vorderasien. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, vol. 27
• Ciplak B., K.-G. Heller, F. Willemse (2009) - Review of the genus Eupholidoptera (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae): different genitalia, uniform song Zootaxa 2156: 1–75