Lemba (grasshopper)

Lemba
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Caryandinae
Genus: Lemba
Huang, 1983

Lemba is a genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Caryandinae, erected by C. Huang in 1983. As of August 2026, species records are mostly from southern China (type species found in Yunnan) and N.E. India (L. motinagar in Meghalaya).

Species

The Orthoptera Species File includes:

  1. Lemba bituberculata Yin & Liu, 1987
  2. Lemba daguanensis Huang, 1983 - type species
  3. Lemba guizhouensis Yin, Zhang & You, 2013
  4. Lemba motinagar Ingrisch, Willemse & Shishodia, 2004
  5. Lemba sichuanensis Ma, Guo & Li, 1994
  6. Lemba sinensis (Chang, 1939)
  7. Lemba viriditibia Niu & Zheng, 1992
  8. Lemba wushanensis Yin, Shen & Yin, 2020
  9. Lemba yunnana Ma & Zheng, 1994
  10. Lemba zhengi Li, 1994

References

  1. ↑ Huang C (1983) Zoological Research 4(2): 149. Available here Archived 2026-02-10 at the Wayback Machine
  2. 1 2 Orthoptera Species File: genus Lemba Huang, 1983 (retrieved 10 August 2026)
  3. ↑ OSF: species Lemba motinagar Ingrisch, Willemse & Shishodia, 2004 Archived 2026-08-10 at the Wayback Machine (includes images)