Biology:Chondracris

From HandWiki
Revision as of 21:05, 15 February 2024 by DanMescoff (talk | contribs) (fixing)
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Short description: Genus of grasshoppers

Chondracris
Chondracris rosea.jpg
Chondracris rosea
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Tribe: Cyrtacanthacridini
Genus: Chondracris
Uvarov, 1923

Chondracris is a genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae erected by Boris Uvarov in 1923.[1] Species records are distributed throughout Asia: from India, southern China, Korea, Japan, Indo-China and Java.[2][3]

Species

The Orthoptera Species File lists the following (other species have now been placed in the genus Ritchiella):[2]

  1. Chondracris bengalensis Mungai, 1992
  2. Chondracris rosea (De Geer, 1773) - type species (as Acrydium roseum De Geer)

Note: a third species Chondracris capensis remains nomen dubium.[2]

References

  1. Uvarov BP (1923) A revision of the Old World Cyrtacanthacrini (Orthoptera, Acrididae). I. Introduction and key to genera. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 11: 144.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Orthoptera Species File (retrieved 14 November 2023)
  3. GBIF: Chondracris Uvarov, 1923

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q10450932 entry