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Eucoptacra praemorsa (Stål, 1861)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Eucoptacra praemorsa (Stål, 1861)
- Name authority
- (Stål, 1861)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Orthoptera
- Family
- Acrididae
- Genus
- Eucoptacra
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: yes. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumHexapoda
- classInsecta
- orderOrthoptera Olivier, 1789
- suborderCaelifera Ander, 1936
- infraorderAcrididea Targioni-Tozzetti, 1882
- superfamilyAcridoidea MacLeay, 1821
- familyAcrididae MacLeay, 1821
- subfamilyCoptacrinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
- genusEucoptacra Bolívar, 1902
- speciesEucoptacra praemorsa (Stål, 1861)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Eucoptacra. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Eucoptacra basidens Chapman, 1960 | AcrididaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eucoptacra bicornis Baccetti, 2004 | AcrididaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eucoptacra bidens Uvarov, 1953 | AcrididaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eucoptacra binghami Uvarov, 1921 | AcrididaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eucoptacra borneensis Willemse, 1962 | AcrididaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eucoptacra ceylonica Kirby, 1914 | AcrididaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eucoptacra granulata Mason, 1979 | AcrididaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eucoptacra incompta (Walker, 1871) | AcrididaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eucoptacra megaocula Wang, Xiangyu, Mu & He, 1994 | AcrididaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eucoptacra minima Ramme, 1941 | AcrididaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eucoptacra motuoensis Yin, 1984 | AcrididaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eucoptacra sheffieldi (Bolívar, 1912) | AcrididaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Acridium (Catantops) praemorsum Stål, 1861 Stål, 1861 | synonym |
| Coptacra praemorsa (Stål, 1861) (Stål, 1861) | synonym |
| Eucoptacris praemorsum (Stål, 1861) (Stål, 1861) | synonym |
| Caloptenus obliterans Walker, 1870 Walker, 1870 | synonym |
| Caloptenus sinensis Walker, 1870 Walker, 1870 | synonym |
| Caloptenus strigifer Walker, 1871 Walker, 1871 | synonym |
| Catantops praemorsus (Stål, 1861) (Stål, 1861) | synonym |
| Coptacra cyanoptera Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 | ambiguous synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
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Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Stål, C. (1861) Orthoptera species novas descripsit. In Kongliga Svenska fregatten Eugenies Resa omkring jorden under befäl af C.A. Virgin åren 1851-1853 (Zoologi). Utgifna of K. Svenska Vetanskaps Akademien (P.A. Norstedt and Soner), Stockholm. Vol. 2, Issue 1, 299–350 pp. [1860] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/20004#page/311/mode/1up Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3BXJZ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.