Erianthus (insect)

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Erianthus
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Unknown Erianthus species from Malaysia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Chorotypidae
Subfamily: Erianthinae
Genus:Erianthus
Stål, 1875
Type species
Mastax guttata
Westwood, 1841

Erianthus is a genus of grasshoppers restricted to Southeast Asia. They occur in Japan, northeast India, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, South China including Hong Kong, and extend east to Sumatra.[ citation needed ] In the past some neotropical species were also included in the genus. They have narrow ranges and species are identifiable only by their characteristics of male and female genitalia. [1] [2]

Grasshopper Common name for a group of insects

Grasshoppers are a group of insects belonging to the suborder Caelifera. They are among what is probably the most ancient living group of chewing herbivorous insects, dating back to the early Triassic around 250 million years ago.

The genus was erected in 1875 by Swedish entomologist Carl Stål in his Observations Orthopterologiques. [3] Erianthus is the family Chorotypidae and is the largest genus in the subfamily Erianthinae by number of species. [4] The type species is Mastax guttata (now Erianthus guttatus ). [5]

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.

Erianthinae Subfamily of grasshoppers

Erianthinae is a subfamily of grasshoppers in the family Chorotypidae. There are about 12 genera and more than 40 described species in Erianthinae.

Species

Erianthus versicolor Erianthus versicolor - Spot monkey grasshopper.jpg
Erianthus versicolor

As of 2018, species in Erianthus include: [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Ingrisch, S.; Willemse, F. (1988). "Revision of the genus Erianthus Stal in Thailand and Malaysia (Orthoptera: Eumastacoidea: Erianthinae)". Entomol. Scand. 19: 87–101.
  2. ↑ Descamps M (1975). "Revision du genre Erianthus Stål, 1875 (Orth. Eumastacoidea, Erianthinae)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. Nouvelle Série. 11 (1): 9l–136.
  3. ↑ Stål (1875). "Observations Orthopterologiques". Bihang Kungl. Svenska Vet. Akad. Handl. 3 (14). Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  4. ↑ Cigliano, M. M., H. Braun, D. C. Eades, & D. Otte. "subfamily Erianthinae Karsch, 1889". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Orthoptera Species File. Retrieved 29 December 2018.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  5. 1 2 Cigliano, M. M., H. Braun, D. C. Eades, & D. Otte. "genus Erianthus Stål, 1875". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Orthoptera Species File. Retrieved 29 December 2018.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
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