Neorthacris
Appearance
Neorthacris | |
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N. simulans | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Caelifera |
Family: | Pyrgomorphidae |
Tribe: | Orthacridini |
Genus: | Neorthacris Kevan & Singh, 1964[1] |
Neorthacris is a genus of wingless grasshoppers in the Pyrgomorphidae. Species in the genus are found in South Asia, mainly in subcontinental India.
Species
[edit]Species in the genus include:
- Neorthacris acuticeps (Bolívar, 1902)
N. a. acuticeps (Bolívar, 1902) - type species (as Orthacris acuticeps Bolívar)
N. a. nilgirensis (Uvarov, 1929) - Neorthacris longicercata Singh & Kevan, 1965
- Neorthacris malabarensis Singh & Kevan, 1965
- Neorthacris palnensis (Uvarov, 1929)
- Neorthacris simulans (Bolívar, 1902)
References
[edit]- ^ Singh, Asket; Kevan, D. Keith McE. (2009). "The genus Orthacris Bolivar, 1884, and its allies (Orthoptera: Acridoidea, Pyrgomorphidae)". Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London. 117 (13): 367–411. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1965.tb00045.x.