Phyllochoreia

Phyllochoreia
Phyllochoreia ramakrishnai from Kerala
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Family: Chorotypidae
Genus: Phyllochoreia
Westwood, 1839

Phyllochoreia is a genus of grasshopper endemic to the Western Ghats of India and Sri Lanka. It is placed in the subfamily Chorotypidae of the superfamily, Eumastacoidea.

The type species is P. ramakrishnai named by Bolívar in 1914 after the Indian entomologist T. V. Ramakrishna Ayyar.[1]

The genus now includes four other species:

References

  1. Bolívar, C. (1914). "Eumastacinos nuevos o poco conocidos (Orth. Locustidae)". Trab. Mus. Cienc. nat., Madrid (Ser. zool.). 16: 5.
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