Chondracris

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Chondracris
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Chondracris rosea
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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]

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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 roseumDe Geer)

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

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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. 1 2 3 Orthoptera Species File (retrieved 14 November 2023)
  3. GBIF: Chondracris Uvarov, 1923