Biology:Phyllochoreia

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Short description: Genus of grasshoppers

Phyllochoreia
Phyllochoreia female.jpg
Phyllochoreia ramakrishnai (female)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Chorotypidae
Tribe: Chorotypini
Genus: Phyllochoreia
Westwood, 1839
Type species
Phyllochoreia unicolor
Westwood, 1839

Phyllochoreia is a genus of grasshopper endemic to the Western Ghats of India and Sri Lanka. It is in the family Chorotypidae of the superfamily Eumastacoidea.

The genus comprises four species:[1]

  • Phyllochoreia equa Burr, 1899
  • Phyllochoreia ramakrishnai Bolívar, 1914
  • Phyllochoreia unicolor Westwood, 1839
  • Phyllochoreia westwoodi Bolívar, 1930

The species Phyllochoreia ramakrishnai was named by Bolívar in 1914 after the Indian entomologist T. V. Ramakrishna Ayyar.[2]

References


Wikidata ☰ Q7188673 entry