Melaneremus

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Melaneremus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Gryllacrididae
Tribe: Gryllacridini
Genus: Melaneremus
Karny, 1937

Melaneremus [1] is a genus of Orthopterans, sometimes known as 'leaf-folding crickets' in the subfamily Gryllacridinae and tribe Gryllacridini. The recorded distribution (probably incomplete) is: the Indian subcontinent, China, Indochina, western Malesia and western Pacific islands. [2]

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The Orthoptera Species File [2] lists:

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