Tonkinacris

Tonkinacris
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Melanoplinae
Tribe: Podismini
Genus: Tonkinacris
Carl, 1916
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Tonkinacris is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae, subfamily Melanoplinae, tribe Podismini Jacobson, 1905 and subtribe Tonkinacridina Ito, 2015. The recorded distribution of species is in East Asia: including southern China and Vietnam.

Species

The Orthoptera Species File lists:

  1. Tonkinacris damingshanus Li, Lu, Jiang & Meng, 1991
  2. Tonkinacris decoratus Carl, 1916 - type species - locality: "Than-Moi" (probably in Lạng Sơn province), Vietnam.
  3. Tonkinacris meridionalis Li, 1986
  4. Tonkinacris ruficerus Ito, 1999
  5. Tonkinacris sinensis Chang, 1937
  6. Tonkinacris yaeyamaensis Ito, 1999

References

  1. ↑ Carl (1916) Revue Suisse de Zool. 24(6): 485.
  2. 1 2 Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 24 December 2022)