Brachytrupes is a genus of mostly African crickets in the family Gryllidae.
| Brachytrupes | |
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| Brachytrupes megacephalus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Gryllidae |
| Tribe: | Gryllini |
| Genus: | Brachytrupes Serville, 1839 |
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Species
edit- Brachytrupes calaharicus (Karny, 1910)
- Brachytrupes chopardi (Uvarov, 1922)
- Brachytrupes grandidieri (Saussure, 1877)
- Brachytrupes megacephalus (Lefèvre, 1827)
- Brachytrupes membranaceus (Drury, 1773) - type species (as Gryllus membranaceus Drury = B. membranaceus membranaceus)
- Brachytrupes politus (Bolivar, I., 1890)
- Brachytrupes testaceus (Karny, 1910)
Note: "Brachytrupes portentosus" (Lichtenstein AAH, 1796)[2] is a synonym of Tarbinskiellus portentosus: found in Asia.[3]