Brachytrupes is a genus of mostly African crickets in the family Gryllidae.

Species

  • 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) is a synonym of Tarbinskiellus portentosus: found in Asia.