Arachnocephalus

{{Short description|Genus of crickets}}

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| image_caption = Arachnocephalus vestitus

| taxon = Arachnocephalus

| authority = Costa, 1855

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| synonyms = * Physoblemma Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1873

• Pseudometrypa Karsch, 1896

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Arachnocephalus is a genus of crickets in the family Mogoplistidae and typical of the tribe Arachnocephalini,Gorochov AV (1984) Zool. Zhur. 63(11): 1650. erected by O.G. Costa in 1855.Costa OG (1855) Fauna del regno di Napoli. Ortotteri 41. Widespread records of distribution are discontinuous (and probably incomplete), they include: Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia and South America.[http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1128695 Orthoptera Species File] (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 20 April 2023)