Patanga (grasshopper)

Patanga is a genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae.[1][2] Species are distributed throughout Asia: from India, China, Japan, Indo-China and western Malesia.[1] The genus was named in 1923.[3]

Patanga
Patanga succincta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Cyrtacanthacridinae
Tribe: Cyrtacanthacridini
Genus: Patanga
Uvarov, 1923
Type species
Gryllus succinctus
Johannson, 1763

Species

As of 2019, the Orthoptera Species File lists six species:[1]

  • Patanga apicerca Huang, 1982
  • Patanga avis Rehn & Rehn, 1941
  • Patanga humilis Bi, 1986
  • Patanga japonica (Bolívar, 1898)
  • Patanga luteicornis (Serville, 1838)
  • Patanga succincta (Johannson, 1763)

References
  1. Cigliano, M. M.; Braun, H.; Eades, D. C.; Otte, D. "genus Patanga Uvarov, 1923". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Orthoptera Species File. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  2. Cigliano, M. M.; Braun, H.; Eades, D. C.; Otte, D. "subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae Kirby, 1910". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Orthoptera Species File. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  3. Uvarov BP (1923) Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. 9 11: 143.
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