Neorthacris

Neorthacris
N. simulans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Pyrgomorphidae
Tribe: Orthacridini
Genus:
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

Species in the genus include:

  1. Neorthacris acuticeps (Bolívar, 1902)
    N. a. acuticeps (Bolívar, 1902) - type species (as Orthacris acuticeps Bolívar)
    N. a. nilgirensis (Uvarov, 1929)
  2. Neorthacris longicercata Singh & Kevan, 1965
  3. Neorthacris malabarensis Singh & Kevan, 1965
  4. Neorthacris palnensis (Uvarov, 1929)
  5. Neorthacris simulans (Bolívar, 1902)

References

  1. ^ 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.
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