Chininae

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Chininae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Superfamily: Eumastacoidea
Family: Chorotypidae
Subfamily:Chininae
Burr, 1899

Chininae is a subfamily of grasshoppers in the family Chorotypidae. There are at least two genera and about nine described species in Chininae. [1] [2]

Chorotypidae Family of grasshoppers

Chorotypidae is a family of tropical Asian grasshoppers. These grasshoppers have a head that rises above the level of the thorax and short antennae. Some species have reduced wings, others have wings that widen towards the tips and still others have a flattened leaf-like shape. They lack abdominal tympani.

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Genera

These two genera belong to the subfamily Chininae:

China is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Chorotypidae. As of 2018, it is monospecific, consisting of its sole species China mantispoides. It is found in China, Thailand, and Myanmar. Malcolm Burr first circumscribed the genus in 1899; the species C. mantispoides was described in 1870 by Francis Walker. It is a pest of hickory trees.

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References

  1. "Chininae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
  2. Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2019). "subfamily Chininae Burr, 1899". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

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