Biology:Megradina
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Short description: Genus of grasshoppers
| Megradina festiva | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Pyrgomorphidae |
| Subfamily: | Orthacridinae |
| Tribe: | Nereniini |
| Genus: | Megradina Storozhenko, 2004 |
| Species: | M. festiva
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| Binomial name | |
| Megradina festiva Storozhenko, 2004
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Megradina festiva is a grasshopper species in the monotypic genus Megradina, found in Vietnam.[1][2] It is in the family Pyrgomorphidae, subfamily Orthacridinae, and tribe Nereniini.[3] It is closely related to the New Guinea grasshopper genus Megra.[1]
Megradina festiva is a medium-sized grasshopper with a large, finely punctate head and a slender, elongated body.[1] The total body length reaches 25.8 mm (1.0 in) in males and 45 mm (1.8 in) in females.[1] The holotype is a male collected in the Central Highlands of Vietnam in 1995 by Andrey Vasil'evich Gorochov.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Storozhenko, S. Yu. (2004). "A new genus of the subfamily Orthacridinae (Orthoptera: Pyrgomorphidae) from Vietnam.". Far Eastern Entomologist (142): 1–4. http://www.biosoil.ru/Files/FEE/00000198.pdf. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
- ↑ Roskov Y.; Kunze T. (2011). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist.". in Didžiulis V.. Species 2000: Reading, UK.. http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2011/search/all/key/megradina+festiva/match/1. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
- ↑ Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 28 November 2018)
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