Brachycrotaphus

Brachycrotaphus is a genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Gomphocerinae (unassigned to any tribe), erected by Hermann August Krauss in 1877. Species have been recorded from Africa, southern Europe and India (distribution may be incomplete).

== Species == The Orthoptera Species File lists: Brachycrotaphus brevis Uvarov, 1938 Brachycrotaphus buettneri Karsch, 1896 Brachycrotaphus elgonensis Sjöstedt, 1933 Brachycrotaphus hoshiarpurensis Singh, 1978 Brachycrotaphus indicus Uvarov, 1932 Brachycrotaphus karschi Uvarov, 1926 Brachycrotaphus kraussi Uvarov, 1932 Brachycrotaphus latipes (Bolívar, 1905) Brachycrotaphus lloydi Uvarov, 1926 Brachycrotaphus longiceps (Bolívar, 1902) Brachycrotaphus longicornis Jago, 1966 Brachycrotaphus nigericus Chopard, 1947 Brachycrotaphus rammei Uvarov, 1932 Brachycrotaphus sjostedti Uvarov, 1932 Brachycrotaphus tryxalicerus (Fischer, 1853) - type species (as Brachycrotaphus steindachneri Krauss)