Mopla

Mopla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Subfamily:	Catantopinae
Genus:	Mopla; Henry, 1940

Mopla is a genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Catantopinae with no tribe assigned. Two species have been described which are endemic to the Western Ghats of India. The genus is named after the Moplah muslim ethnic group in the Malabar region of Kerala.

Species

The Orthoptera Species File lists:

Mopla guttata Henry, 1940 - type species
Mopla rubra Henry, 1940

References

↑ Henry GMR (1940) New and little known South Indian Acrididae (Orthoptera). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 90(19), 497–540.
1 2 Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 30 May 2021)
↑ Bhaskar, Dhaneesh; Easa, P. S.; Rowell, C. H. F. (2020-01-10). "Mopla guttata (Acrididae: Catantopinae) rediscovered in the Western Ghats, Kerala, India". Journal of Orthoptera Research. 29 (1): 17–23. doi:10.3897/jor.29.35664. ISSN 1937-2426.

External links

Data related to Catantopinae at Wikispecies

[1] Henry GMR (1940) New and little known South Indian Acrididae (Orthoptera). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 90(19), 497–540.

[OSF-2] 1 2 Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 30 May 2021)

[3] Bhaskar, Dhaneesh; Easa, P. S.; Rowell, C. H. F. (2020-01-10). "Mopla guttata (Acrididae: Catantopinae) rediscovered in the Western Ghats, Kerala, India". Journal of Orthoptera Research. 29 (1): 17–23. doi:10.3897/jor.29.35664. ISSN 1937-2426.