Kuantania

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Kuantania
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Pyrgomorphidae
Subfamily: Orthacridinae
Tribe: Orthacridini
Informal group: Orthacris group
Genus: Kuantania
Miller, 1935

Kuantania [1] is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Pyrgomorphidae, subfamily Orthacridinae and tribe Orthacridini. [2] [3]

Species

The Orthoptera Species File lists the following species: [2]

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References

  1. Miller NCE (1935) Jour. Fed. Malay States Mus. 17(4): 691
  2. 1 2 Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 28 November 2018)
  3. Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2011). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 24 September 2012.