Biology:Meruana

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Short description: Genus of grasshoppers

Meruana
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Hemiacridinae
Tribe: Leptacrini
Genus: Meruana
Sjöstedt, 1910

Meruana[1] is a genus of African grasshoppers in the family Acrididae, subfamily Hemiacridinae from eastern Africa.[2]

Species

(As of 2021), the Catalogue of Life[3] and Orthoptera Species File[2] list:

  • Meruana sakuensis (Kevan, 1966)
  • Meruana usambarica (Karsch, 1896) - type species (as Meruana nyuki Sjöstedt)

References

  1. Sjöstedt BY (1910) In Sjöstedt [Ed.] Abteilung 15-22. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der schwedischen zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und den umgebenden Massaisteppen Deutsch-Ostafrikas, 1905-1906 unter Leitung von Prof. Dr. Yngve Sjöstedt 3: 181.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Orthoptera Species File: Meruana Sjöstedt, 1910 (Version 5.0/5.0, retrieved 3 June 2021)
  3. 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/browse/tree/id/2511633. Retrieved 31 January 2018. 

Wikidata ☰ Q6820759 entry