Erucius | |
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Unidentified Erucius species | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Caelifera |
Family: | Chorotypidae |
Subfamily: | Eruciinae Burr, 1899 |
Genus: | Erucius Stål, 1875 [1] |
Erucius (Monkey grasshopper) is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Chorotypidae. Species in this genus can be found in Vietnam and Malesia, including the Philippines. [2] [3] It is the only genus in the subfamily Eruciinae. [4]
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.
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.
Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the Equator and the boundaries of the Indomalaya ecozone and Australasia ecozone, and also a phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical Kingdom. It has been given different definitions. The World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions split off Papuasia in its 2001 version.
As of 2018 [update] , subgenera and species include: [2]
Erucius magnificus is a species of 'monkey grasshopper' in the family Chorotypidae, with no subspecies listed in the Catalogue of Life. The type locality was in Borneo and current records also include Vietnam.
Cooloola is a genus of ensiferan orthopterans known as Cooloola monsters. It is the only genus in the subfamily Cooloolinae and family Cooloolidae of the superfamily Stenopelmatoidea.
Chorthippus jutlandica, the Jutland bow-winged grasshopper, is a species of grasshopper in the subfamily Gomphocerinae. It is one of the few species endemic to Denmark and is found only at a very restricted location near Blåvandshuk in the western part of the country.
Patanga japonica is a species of grasshopper found in Japan, the Korean peninsula, Vietnam, and China.
Lentula is a small genus of grasshoppers native to southern Africa. Species include: It is the type genus of the family Lentulidae.
Acridoidea is a superfamily of grasshoppers in the order Orthoptera with species found on every continent except Antarctica.
Zabalius is a genus of bush crickets or katydids in the subfamily Pseudophyllinae. Its distribution is essentially Afrotropical. They are generally heavily built, tree-dwelling herbivorous katydids, capable of flight.
Butania is a genus of Asian grasshoppers in the family Chorotypidae.
The Tanaoceridae are an insect family in the monotypic superfamily Tanaoceroidea in the suborder Caelifera. They have been called desert long-horned grasshoppers.
Patanga is a genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae. Species are distributed throughout Asia: from India, China, Japan, Indo-China and western Malesia. The genus was named in 1923.
Pamphagodidae is a small family of grasshoppers in the Orthoptera: suborder Caelifera. Species in this family can be found in southern Africa and Morocco.
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. 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.
Microtettigonia is a genus of bush-crickets or katydids, endemic to Western Australia and known as micro katydids. It is the only genus of the subfamily Microtettigoniinae.
Stenobothrini is a tribe of grasshoppers of the family Acrididae, subfamily Gomphocerinae. They occur in Europe, Asia, and northern Africa.
Pseudoxya diminuta is a species of grasshopper in the monotypic genus Pseudoxya.
Hybusa is a genus of neotropical stick-mimicking grasshoppers, the only genus in the subfamily Hybusinae. They are herbivorous.
Gastrimargus is a genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Oedipodinae. The recorded distribution of species in this genus includes Africa, Asia, and Oceania.
Oxyphlaeobella is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae, subfamily Acridinae. Species can be found in southern China and Indo-China.
Chorotypinae is a subfamily of grasshoppers in the family Chorotypidae. There are about 8 genera and more than 30 described species in Chorotypinae, found in Africa and Asia
Dictyophorus griseus is a species of African grasshopper in the family Pyrgomorphidae, the gaudy grasshoppers.
Diyllus is a small genus of katydids found in South America. Species include: