Thoradonta

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Thoradonta
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Thoradonta nodulosa from Sumatra
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Tetrigidae
Tribe: Thoradontini
Genus: Thoradonta
Hancock, 1909
Synonyms
  • Thoradomta Deng, 2016
  • Thoradonata Otte, 1997
  • Thoradonota Kevan, 1966
  • Thorodonota Mahmood, Maqsood & Anwar, 2004
  • Thorodonta Steinmann, 1962

Thoradonta [1] [2] is an Asian genus of ground-hoppers (Orthoptera: Caelifera) and typical of the tribe Thoradontini.

Contents

This genus contains species distributed from India to southern China, Indo-China, Malesia through to New Guinea. [3]

Species

The Orthoptera Species File and Catalogue of Life [2] list:

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References

  1. Hancock JL (1909[1908]) Trans. Entomol. Soc. London 407.
  2. 1 2 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. (2014). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  3. Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0)